I hate the trend of censoring profanity. It’s the internet you fuck-cakes
I hate the trend of censoring profanity. It’s the internet you fuck-cakes
That, and parroting makes it sound like you don’t know what they want, or that you’re stupid, and the best that you could come up with is their own text with slight variation
My industry is three-letter-acronym (TLA) heavy
It doesn’t have to be like that. Sure, context is important, but parroting phrases or other crap that the client has in the RFP is bullshit. They don’t want you blowing smoke up their ass, they want a technically sound product that addresses the exact issues they asked you to address. They also want you to show them how you’re going to get there, and achieve the objectives they set out.
I realize you’re on the tech side; I’m just venting my frustrations with the corporate/PM spheres.
I have a visceral reaction to words like elucidate, and other fluff. My writing has to be very to the point, and technically accurate. Because of this, I carve up drafts from juniors like a Thanksgiving turkey.
Sent this to my botanist friends - they are all in stitches
I got a document back with 155 comments. Send help
I write monstrous documents (hundreds of pages). Zotero is all I use. It’s ridiculously simple and you CAN SHARE REFERENCE WITH OTHER PEOPLE SO THEY DONT HAVE TO ENTER THEM.
This might not seem like a big deal, but I can get junior to prep a doc and share reference, or just enter references for me before I start writing and it saves a pile of time. Further, I can call references that my colleagues have entered.
Holy fuck I love this and and I’m sending it to all my pedologists buddies
This is fucking amazing
[Condescending answer]: I am programmed to burn holes in meatbags, master.
Seriously. I come by my memes dishonesty and steal them from other locations, to distribute here. I can’t be bothered to check if they are a repost. What is this, Reddit?
Don’t do it. Don’t do it! There is life outside of academia! We have things like grass, sunlight, money (sometimes), and social lives (unless you’re a hermit like me).
Uh… Uhhh… We also have… Doritos?
I do, and I adore fossil. The commentary is not directed towards them, but the overall trend.