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Never heard of dead-cat syndrome. In case anyone else wonders: > There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room tab
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Never heard of dead-cat syndrome. In case anyone else wonders:
> There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don't mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted. That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout, "Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!" In other words, they will be talking about the dead cat – the thing you want them to talk about – and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy
- johnkpaul 2y agoI actually don't think that's the dead-cat-saying that the parent is referencing. I think that it's this concept http://itskeptic.org/dead-cat-syndrome.html http://itskeptic.org/dead-cat-syndrome.html I am also unfamiliar though and I'm reading up on it right now.
- 0xbadcafebee 2y agoThat's the one. Only old fogies (like me) know it I guess. It was the thing we all referred to as the impetus behind DevOps, when it became a thing a decade ago.
- dijksterhuis 2y agoi’m not an old fogie and i kind of guessed “throwing a dead cat over the wall” was what you meant. although i was actually taught DevOps proper before it got super fashionable. maybe that makes me an old fogie nowdays? :/