Darius KazemiFeb 20, 2020

"The meaningful threat of garbage language — the reason it is not just annoying but malevolent — is that it confirms delusion as an asset in the workplace."

Molly Young on corporate garbage language:

https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html

Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?

The pernicious spread of corporatespeak, or garbage language, as Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley calls this kind of talk. Garbage language permeates the ways we think of our jobs and shapes our identities as workers.

Vulture
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@darius (I feel like there's substantial overlap between corporate garbage language and the classic shitpost? Like, the corp-lang prospectus is the shitpost's mirror image, designed for minimum impact at maximum effort.)
Feb 20, 2020 at 3:45pmWeb