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Calling your company "Bending Spoons" is like calling it "Stealing Chickens" (Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_bending https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by elondaits 3y ago
Calling your company "Bending Spoons" is like calling it "Stealing Chickens" (Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_bending https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_bending)
- ronyfadel 3y agoIt's a reference to the Matrix movie
- detourdog 3y agoThey can choose what they thought they were referencing. They don't get the opportunity to tell others what to infer.
- jkubicek 3y agoTrue, but considering the popularity and age of The Matrix, I'm guessing most people assume the hot tech company is referencing techno futurist movie from the 90s and not a charlatan from the 70s.
- grok29 3y agoWhat do you think the matrix was referencing?
- FourierEnvy 3y ago[flagged]
- grok29 3y agoCan you explain how it has something to do with transgenderism?
- detourdog 3y agobeleive it or not I haven' t seen the matrix or related series. There is a possibility I may have seen the original. I have known about psychics claiming to bend spoons seemingly forever
- nullstyle 3y agoScrew the downvotes: you are correct. References are interpreted, full stop. Bending Spoons is just crappy.
- lnxg33k1 3y agoGuess in the specific case “Fucking People” would have worked too
- m0llusk 3y agoExcept such a name would be considered inappropriate in a wide range of situations. Also worth pointing out a large number of people enjoy being on the receiving end of penetrative sex.
- lnxg33k1 3y agoGuess now they know at which company to apply to in order to be a great cultural fit then But yeah I was using the word fucking as a metaphor, like in common english it's not only used to describe physical penetrative act but it's common to use it to describe unpleasant situations, so no need to come to teach anything, so worth pointing out if your braincells are playing peekaboo instead of talking to each other
- heresie-dabord 3y agoAlthough not vulgar, the following alternatives are just too generally applicable: "Robbing the Inattentive" "Abusing the Gullible" "Parasitic Operations" "Scruples Be Damned" "Helping the World Burn"
- lnxg33k1 3y agoI don't agree with some of them Those I have the feeling that redirect the guilt of being fired to the people affected, while their only guilt was working for a company, it can happen to anyone, you work for someone, this gets bought secretly and then you're out of job, how are you gullible or inattentive then?
- muzani 3y agoIt smells a little like a money laundering company. Large acquisitions of loss making companies. Unclear initial source of funds. A history of making decent products worse then firing everyone. How does the money flow?