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Looks like a great series. The sweary branding is an interesting choice. I run a few email newsletters for different professional audiences, and I’ve been surpr
by 0898 4y ago
Looks like a great series. The sweary branding is an interesting choice. I run a few email newsletters for different professional audiences, and I’ve been surprised how many people don’t like swear words in business content.
People have reacted negatively when we include any strong “effing and jeffing”, as my grandmother used to put it.
As I get older (I’m 40) it certainly makes me cringe a bit.
I wonder what the pros and cons are of a sweary brand.
- RajT88 4y agoI, probably like a lot of people, will curse under my breath when figuring out a problem, or coding in general. I try to keep it clean for professional discussions. Definitely customer facing, but still mostly so for internal discussion. Probably a lot of people curse under their breath at work during problem triage. Thus, it comes off to me as being more legitimate being sweary.
- nequo 4y agoSharing failures is going against the grain. Not generally seen as professionally acceptable. Maybe that’s why this particular event series has a swear word in its name. That is going against the grain too.
- distrill 4y agoidk it feels like a boss sitting on a chair backwards. it is such a superficial signal.
- nequo 4y agoIt can easily turn into that. I also don't like it when the CEO of a well-known spacecraft manufacturer does it for a cheap laugh. In the case of Fuckup Nights, to me it feels like it is just inviting friendly banter. To share something that's generally seen as shameful requires us to let our guard down and be less serious about ourselves.
- distrill 4y agototally reasonable
- distrill 4y agoI have never liked profanity in any context. Like I don't care about how anyone else talks, but it has always seemed like a lazy choice. There are better ways to get surprise or anger or rebellion across IMO than just using the same 7 words you're not "supposed" to say.
- circlefavshape 4y agoProfanity IME is usually in-group signalling.
- fellowniusmonk 4y agoHave there not been studies that show that use of strong language in professional contexts is a successful of reducing work stress and increasing trust? It's weird to make a list of words that are banned simply because they succintly convey honest strong emotions. But some companies won't hire because of lower class accents (like what historically has occurred in the UK.), so it's not surprising that people have disqualifiers around language that signal status outside of the persons merit and work. The policy seems arbitrary and in need of first principle justification, it seems like this word policing has an external agenda/root cause that is seperate from being passionate about solving a companies core problem. It needs a proper defense in the face of research indicating it has a net positive impact.
- jimnotgym 4y ago... and as if posh people don't swear!
- jimnotgym 4y agoIt can be useful when you want to turn it up to 11
- omoikane 4y agoI wonder if the branding is inspired by existing sites such as https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/ or https://thedailywtf.com/ https://thedailywtf.com/
- browningstreet 4y ago1) Reminds me of fuckedcompany.com and the proprietor, pud 2) I think they're carving out signing up for this from your work account... you should sign up for it from your personal account. Also, if you're that conservative about it, you're probably not the audience for participation or attending. 3) Loosen up, get radically honest, have a laugh.