jimkogs

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   by jimkogs 15y ago

   Never.
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   by jimkogs 15y ago

   Is it really sad? Corporations wield a lot of power; that's why we built them. What would be sad is if they fail to stand up for our interests. And then we might have to do something about it.
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   by jimkogs 15y ago

   Presenting _is_ choosing to change one's vocabulary and speech habits, in order to bond with the audience. It's a matter of how good one is that determines whether a "fuck" is a fuck-up or a fuck-yes. [eww, that parallelism felt forced, bu
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   by jimkogs 15y ago

   I think one of the reasons that the author misses is that, as used by Zach Holman, 'fuck' levels the field between presenter and audience. "I'm not so important that I can't swear." It can be arrogant or overly formal to embrace how "gorg