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What amazes me even more is how this doublespeak has any effect at all anymore. Are there still people who don't see through this? Or are the execs in such a bu
by jampekka 6y ago
What amazes me even more is how this doublespeak has any effect at all anymore. Are there still people who don't see through this? Or are the execs in such a bubble they believe it themselves?
- granzymes 6y agoI wonder to what extent it has simply become a term of art. In biology, a specimen that is killed in the course of an experiment is described as "sacrificed" and has been for over a hundred years. We expect certain words in a layoff press release, and so the writers of those press releases use those words.
- nr2x 6y agoIt's like saying 'the n word' which makes somebody say the real, far more unpleasant, word in their own head.