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What's odd about it? Why wouldn't he be proud of his team for successfully building stuff he thought was important to build?

robonerd 4y ago
Being so proud you lose your sanity? That's quite odd. It's an insane amount of hyperbole.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  Seems like a pretty typical use of the word "insane" in the US.
  - robonerd 4y ago
    Yes, I agree. That's probably why hintymad shared the context of not being raised in the US.
    - thieving_magpie 4y ago
      The cultural difference doesn't seem like something to "cringe" over. I also don't think the hyperbolic use is restricted to the US. Pretty much any english speaking country will use "insane" to describe something with emphasis. Certainly normal in the UK and Australia.
      - robonerd 4y ago
        > I also don't think the hyperbolic use is restricted to the US. Strictly restricted? Of course not. But for what it's worth I've been told by numerous Europeans that they perceive casually throwing around extreme hyperbole to be characteristically American behavior. I guess it goes with waitresses pretending to love you.
  - isbjorn16 4y ago
    it's kind of insane to me that this is seen as insane, if I'm honest
- TameAntelope 4y ago
  Insanely is just operating as a term of emphasis in this context. Maybe that's not an easy translation? One definition for "insanely" is [0]: > to an extreme degree. [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanely https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanely
- jmeister 4y ago
  Didn’t Steve Jobs make that usage of ‘insane’ popular in SV?
  - civilized 4y ago
    I think so. I think he also coined a number of other annoyingly ubiquitous speech patterns, like "Do X. Fast."
  - astrange 4y ago
    I thought it came from surfers/skateboarders.
- cmelbye 4y ago
  Wait til you find out that "sick" and "ill" can also be synonyms for "really great".
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seydor 4y ago
I will expect more people to mock this decade of extreme marketingspeak that was funded with fake money and fat investor pockets. The people doing the mocking will lead the next wave of tech growth

robonerd 4y ago

Being so proud you lose your sanity? That's quite odd. It's an insane amount of hyperbole.

babypuncher 4y ago
Seems like a pretty typical use of the word "insane" in the US.
- robonerd 4y ago
  Yes, I agree. That's probably why hintymad shared the context of not being raised in the US.
  - thieving_magpie 4y ago
    The cultural difference doesn't seem like something to "cringe" over. I also don't think the hyperbolic use is restricted to the US. Pretty much any english speaking country will use "insane" to describe something with emphasis. Certainly normal in the UK and Australia.
    - robonerd 4y ago
      > I also don't think the hyperbolic use is restricted to the US. Strictly restricted? Of course not. But for what it's worth I've been told by numerous Europeans that they perceive casually throwing around extreme hyperbole to be characteristically American behavior. I guess it goes with waitresses pretending to love you.
- isbjorn16 4y ago
  it's kind of insane to me that this is seen as insane, if I'm honest
TameAntelope 4y ago
Insanely is just operating as a term of emphasis in this context. Maybe that's not an easy translation? One definition for "insanely" is [0]: > to an extreme degree. [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanely https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanely
jmeister 4y ago
Didn’t Steve Jobs make that usage of ‘insane’ popular in SV?
- civilized 4y ago
  I think so. I think he also coined a number of other annoyingly ubiquitous speech patterns, like "Do X. Fast."
- astrange 4y ago
  I thought it came from surfers/skateboarders.
cmelbye 4y ago
Wait til you find out that "sick" and "ill" can also be synonyms for "really great".

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seydor 4y ago

I will expect more people to mock this decade of extreme marketingspeak that was funded with fake money and fat investor pockets. The people doing the mocking will lead the next wave of tech growth