"Disintermediating". I just saw this word.
Goddammit. Humans get the hell off my planet. :x :argh!:
That's a very impactful word.
Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm inuspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericumbobulations.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 04:58:29 PM
That's a very impactful word.
No. Fuck you. I will NOT allow this idiocy. This is the same sort of stupid stilted language that gets continuously shat on in science writing. It's a pure affront to clarity in communication, and it must be destroyed. For great justice.
"Disinter-mediating"
Like a cross between inter-mediating and disintegration.
It sound like the name of a laser gun.
The disinter-mediator.
PEW PEW PEW
Quote from: Hoopla on May 03, 2011, 05:01:13 PM
Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm inuspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericumbobulations.
:argh!: :argh!: :argh!: :argh!: You sir, are an asshole.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 05:03:51 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 04:58:29 PM
That's a very impactful word.
No. Fuck you. I will NOT allow this idiocy. This is the same sort of stupid stilted language that gets continuously shat on in science writing. It's a pure affront to clarity in communication, and it must be destroyed. For great justice.
I'll whiteboard an action item in the parking lot so we can leverage the integrational synergy of our core competency mideshare offline.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:08:50 PM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 05:03:51 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 04:58:29 PM
That's a very impactful word.
No. Fuck you. I will NOT allow this idiocy. This is the same sort of stupid stilted language that gets continuously shat on in science writing. It's a pure affront to clarity in communication, and it must be destroyed. For great justice.
I'll whiteboard an action item in the parking lot so we can leverage the integrational synergy of our core competency mideshare offline.
WHAT THE FUCK IS MIDESHARE! FUCK! GODDAMMIT!
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 04:57:37 PM
"Disintermediating". I just saw this word.
Goddammit. Humans get the hell off my planet. :x :argh!:
I was just bitching about this sort of thing.
Reminds me of "antidisestablishmentarianism"
I hate that word with a burning passion. It makes me want to puke fire and shit chainsaws. IT'S NEITHER CUTE NOR USEFUL.
Quote from: Nigel on May 03, 2011, 05:17:37 PM
Reminds me of "antidisestablishmentarianism"
I hate that word with a burning passion. It makes me want to puke fire and shit chainsaws. IT'S NEITHER CUTE NOR USEFUL.
Unless you're a filthy papist, of course.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 05:19:27 PM
Quote from: Nigel on May 03, 2011, 05:17:37 PM
Reminds me of "antidisestablishmentarianism"
I hate that word with a burning passion. It makes me want to puke fire and shit chainsaws. IT'S NEITHER CUTE NOR USEFUL.
Unless you're a filthy papist, of course.
:crankey:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 05:14:26 PM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 04:57:37 PM
"Disintermediating". I just saw this word.
Goddammit. Humans get the hell off my planet. :x :argh!:
I was just bitching about this sort of thing.
I'm just going to assume that everyone who uses shit like this is speaking gibberish.
"I'll whoala an action item in the parking lot so we can lebodiada the integarardta stalidarara of our core competency mideshare offline."
"Sorry man, didn't understand what you were saying. Could you say that again without all the gibberish?"
Ah, I've got it now. This is an actual LANGUAGE called Gibberish. Well, we don't pretend that the Mexicans or French speak English either, so I'm going to treat Gibberish the same way. Damn Gibbers can go back to Gibberistan.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 05:23:32 PM
I'm just going to assume that everyone who uses shit like this is speaking gibberish.
We in the business refer to it as "masking incompetency with poor communications".
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:08:50 PM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 05:03:51 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 04:58:29 PM
That's a very impactful word.
No. Fuck you. I will NOT allow this idiocy. This is the same sort of stupid stilted language that gets continuously shat on in science writing. It's a pure affront to clarity in communication, and it must be destroyed. For great justice.
I'll whiteboard an action item in the parking lot so we can leverage the integrational synergy of our core competency mideshare offline.
LIKE A BOSS?
However, disintermediation is a good idea.
Cutting out the middle man saves a lot of time and money.
Oh...
you weren't talking about that part.
... right.
I'll just go sit over there---------->
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 05:23:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 05:14:26 PM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on May 03, 2011, 04:57:37 PM
"Disintermediating". I just saw this word.
Goddammit. Humans get the hell off my planet. :x :argh!:
I was just bitching about this sort of thing.
I'm just going to assume that everyone who uses shit like this is speaking gibberish.
"I'll whoala an action item in the parking lot so we can lebodiada the integarardta stalidarara of our core competency mideshare offline."
"Sorry man, didn't understand what you were saying. Could you say that again without all the gibberish?"
Ah, I've got it now. This is an actual LANGUAGE called Gibberish. Well, we don't pretend that the Mexicans or French speak English either, so I'm going to treat Gibberish the same way. Damn Gibbers can go back to Gibberistan.
:lulz:
Incidentally, "parking lot" is the term we use here to indicate where we put questions or issues that are not germain to the meeting at hand, but should be discussed at a later point.
For example, if we're talking about values in the suspense report that haven't yet been applied to accounts, a question regarding the enforcement of external carriers' 30-day limit to comply to fund requests gets "whiteboarded in the parking lot".
Oh, no! I'm revealing how fun and exciting my job is!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:35:28 PM
Incidentally, "parking lot" is the term we use here to indicate where we put questions or issues that are not germain to the meeting at hand, but should be discussed at a later point.
For example, if we're talking about values in the suspense report that haven't yet been applied to accounts, a question regarding the enforcement of external carriers' 30-day limit to comply to fund requests gets "whiteboarded in the parking lot".
Oh, no! I'm revealing how fun and exciting my job is!
"Let's you and me step into the parking lot to discuss this." just doesn't sound like as much fun, anymore.
Also, "whiteboard" is not a fucking verb.
Do you actually have to talk like that at work, or just put up with it?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:35:28 PM
Incidentally, "parking lot" is the term we use here to indicate where we put questions or issues that are not germain to the meeting at hand, but should be discussed at a later point.
For example, if we're talking about values in the suspense report that haven't yet been applied to accounts, a question regarding the enforcement of external carriers' 30-day limit to comply to fund requests gets "whiteboarded in the parking lot".
Oh, no! I'm revealing how fun and exciting my job is!
Do you have a valet at your meetings who is in charge of logging the parking lot items?
We do. In fact, I was the valet this morning. I didn't write a fucking thing down.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 05:37:48 PM
Also, "whiteboard" is not a fucking verb.
It was upgraded to incentivize the value-add.
QuoteDo you actually have to talk like that at work, or just put up with it?
I try to avoid it, but some of the upper-management drones
only respond when you speak in Gibberese.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:42:35 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 05:37:48 PM
Also, "whiteboard" is not a fucking verb.
It was upgraded to incentivize the value-add.
QuoteDo you actually have to talk like that at work, or just put up with it?
I try to avoid it, but some of the upper-management drones only respond when you speak in Gibberese.
If it gets that bad here, I shall be forced to cleanse the temple.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 03, 2011, 05:42:35 PM
I try to avoid it, but some of the upper-management drones only respond when you speak in Gibberese.
See, that's the problem with Gibbers. If they just STAYED in their little country of Gibberia and spoke Gibberish there, it wouldn't be such a problem. But the State University of Gibberia puts out so many damn MBAs every year that they flood out into Europe and North America. That, and people go there to get their degree, thus picking up Gibberish.
And the Hallmark of Gibberish is, due to it's location between Spain and France, and it's close history with Great Britain, to the average American who hasn't spent any time studying Gibberish it sounds halfway between English and complete nonsense. Sure, the /base/ vocabulary is from English, but the rest of it is not. It's like expecting an Englishman to be able to understand a Scott.
So, I think it would be good to pass legislation requiring all Gibbers to speak American while in country. It's not that I have anything against their culture, I just think it's a hell of a lot less confusing, and would point out that we don't pretend Mexicans and French Canadians speak English either.
Kai: Only if you force choake them.
LMNO: You are one scary motherfucker, and I fear you deeply.
Roger: Whiteboard can be a perfectly usable verb if you are applying one to the head of middle management at great force, and I think it's time we took that verb back. For the children.
I whiteboarded our staff meeting this morning. I whiteboarded them good!
I whiteboarded them so hard all they could taste afterwords was Felt Tip!
While we're discussing the mangling of the English language, it's "choking".
:crankey:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 07:04:59 PM
While we're discussing the mangling of the English language, it's "choking".
:crankey:
I was kind of enjoying the irony of that, myself.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 03, 2011, 07:04:59 PM
While we're discussing the mangling of the English language, it's "choking".
:crankey:
Yeah, I don't spell well. At least, though, I don't make up words. :lulz: