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You're letting something irritate you that's not wrong. It's like getting mad when someone says "I had noodles for lunch" when you know perfectly well they had
by inanutshellus 4y ago
You're letting something irritate you that's not wrong.
It's like getting mad when someone says "I had noodles for lunch" when you know perfectly well they had /spaghetti/, and if they'd said /spaghetti/ you could get irate because they actually had /ragu/ spaghetti (meat in the spaghetti sauce).
Using the abstract word it still "fine" if that's the level the speaker wants to give.
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- JohnFen 4y agoI don't think that analogy captures my problem with those words. My problem, really, is that they devalue what they refer to. "Consumer" devalues people, and "content" devalues creative effort. Saying "noodles" doesn't devalue spaghetti.
- slt2021 4y ago"Consuming content" is term used by VCs, because when evaluating startups they are mainly concerned about dry, dehumanized, KPI type metrics, like: 1) attracting XXX eyeballs/consumers per quarter 2) producing YYY amount of content for consumption 3) monetizing consumers for $ZZ/mo
- inanutshellus 4y agoI think it would devalue the ragu Bolognese spaghetti from the context of the chef! "They called my beautiful creation 'noodles!' My life is a sham! quickly commits seppuku" :-)