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Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs (news.cornell.edu)

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“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.”

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's almost like the ability to confidently blather insane buzz words has no connection to the ability to do any work whatsoever.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

And now we have LLMs...

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In my experience people who use a lot of corporate buzzwords do it to obfuscate their own incompetence.

Try asking those people to explain their buzzwords in more detail or give an example. It'll become clear if they even know what they are saying.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My most-hated blather expression is "going forward", as in "we're going to do a better job going forward". Just completely unnecessary when used with verbs in future tense -- which is the only time it's ever used. I hate it almost as much as "folks".

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree with you on the "going forward" part. It sounds inane. "Folks" on the other hand I disagree with for two reasons. One, where I live, it's a pretty standard term, as in "hey there folks" as well as a synonym for "parents" depending on context.

The other, I've started using it as a gender neutral in place of things like "ladies and gentlemen." People who get mad about using peoples' correct pronouns, aka conservative assholes, are completely blind to it being for that purpose. While it's not something that matters very often for me, it's useful and therefore just an easy habit to adopt that's harmless in all contexts.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My main beef with "folks" is when politicians use it instead of "people" to give off a fake down-homey vibe.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

I get that.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Going backward, I agree with you.