YA THINK?

“Corporate bullshit is a specific style of communication that uses confusing, abstract buzzwords in a functionally misleading way,” said Littrell, a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Unlike technical jargon, which can sometimes make office communication a little easier, corporate bullshit confuses rather than clarifies. It may sound impressive, but it is semantically empty.”

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      My favorite example is that for thousands of years, people thought heavy stuff fell faster. And Galileo dropped two balls of similar size and different weight, and people went “da fuque?”

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      10 hours ago

      No shit. Wait! That’s it! Cornell’s “noshitologists” have discovered what reasonable people already realized.

      :D