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> why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial This gets me every time. It's so artificial that I'm

> why does everybody talk in that weird way;"Wow. What an exciting day." It feels so weird and artificial This gets me every time. It's so artificial that I'm pulling my hair. I honestly don't know, why everyone is always so so "excited". Every time I hear someone say "this is exciting", I think BS. We had a colleague and his go-to phrase was "This is super exciting". "SUPER EXCITING!"

Tainnor 6y ago
Where do you live? Because I'm from Europe and I used to work for a US company but in a European office and it was kind of a running joke among us that the people from the HQ would always call everything "amazing" and have these all-hands meetings that felt like rallies to us. I think this fits the cliché that we have about Americans, although I'm sure it's not like that everywhere.
- tomashertus 6y ago
  I'm from Czech, but live in Silicon Valley. For last 10 years I have been really struggling with this. Every time someone calls something "amazing", I automatically ask them politely to tell me what they really think. Oh boy, I heard some harsh feedback after the first "it's amazing".
  - influx 6y ago
    I don't know if you've seen this, but working with Eastern Europeans for a year, this really hit home: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short.jpeg https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short...
    - SilasX 6y ago
      I got an error message that said it rejects hotlinking, but you can see the picture in this post: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negative.html https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negat...
      - ksec 6y ago
        Thanks for the link. Pretty much sums up my experience. And I can say it isn't so much about Easter European... it is more like American vs the Rest of the World.
- tclancy 6y ago
  Oh man, as a Yank who has worked at startups, I feel like that’s just the sales people we have sadly perfected. “Let’s all cheer instead of whistling past the graveyard.” FWIW, devs here struggle with it too.

Tainnor 6y ago

Where do you live? Because I'm from Europe and I used to work for a US company but in a European office and it was kind of a running joke among us that the people from the HQ would always call everything "amazing" and have these all-hands meetings that felt like rallies to us. I think this fits the cliché that we have about Americans, although I'm sure it's not like that everywhere.

tomashertus 6y ago
I'm from Czech, but live in Silicon Valley. For last 10 years I have been really struggling with this. Every time someone calls something "amazing", I automatically ask them politely to tell me what they really think. Oh boy, I heard some harsh feedback after the first "it's amazing".
- influx 6y ago
  I don't know if you've seen this, but working with Eastern Europeans for a year, this really hit home: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short.jpeg https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/s1600-Its-All-Garbage-Short...
  - SilasX 6y ago
    I got an error message that said it rejects hotlinking, but you can see the picture in this post: https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negative.html https://blog.ipspace.net/2019/11/why-are-you-always-so-negat...
    - ksec 6y ago
      Thanks for the link. Pretty much sums up my experience. And I can say it isn't so much about Easter European... it is more like American vs the Rest of the World.
tclancy 6y ago
Oh man, as a Yank who has worked at startups, I feel like that’s just the sales people we have sadly perfected. “Let’s all cheer instead of whistling past the graveyard.” FWIW, devs here struggle with it too.