It took me a long time to figure out that the basis of this idiotic new rule is that "field" as in "field of endeavor" or "field of study" could sound to some extremely limited minds like "cotton field."
The mind reels.
the stupidity of this is unfathomable.
On the other hand, the announcement opens with "we would like to share ..." which…
It took me a long time to figure out that the basis of this idiotic new rule is that "field" as in "field of endeavor" or "field of study" could sound to some extremely limited minds like "cotton field."
The mind reels.
the stupidity of this is unfathomable.
On the other hand, the announcement opens with "we would like to share ..." which I find extremely offensive, "share" being used for any one of many clearer expressions, like, oh, "announce" or "tell" or "say." This is, along with such phony-warmth therapy-speak like "reach out" and "moving forward" another abuse of language and is much more directly offensive than any feigned polysemy of "field."
"On the other hand, the announcement opens with "we would like to share ..." which I find extremely offensive."
Haha, I'm completely with you. I'll start drafting a letter demanding an apology for this micro aggression.
I'm not sure what it ways about how far down this rabbit hole I am, but I picked up the issue immediately. It's just so insane though. Surely the same logic must apply to "chain", "whip," "cotton," "barefoot," "auction," the list is endless.
When I was writing on braintrust's site that almost all their job postings required living in the USA I got dinged for "negativity"; one of their people messaged me with
"I am reaching out to share ..." (the site guidelines).
I got her online and demanded to know what I had violated, which of course I had not. Half the people on there seeking work live outside the USA yet they boasted about being global.
Anyway her opening sentence made about as much sense as a canary.
It took me a long time to figure out that the basis of this idiotic new rule is that "field" as in "field of endeavor" or "field of study" could sound to some extremely limited minds like "cotton field."
The mind reels.
the stupidity of this is unfathomable.
On the other hand, the announcement opens with "we would like to share ..." which I find extremely offensive, "share" being used for any one of many clearer expressions, like, oh, "announce" or "tell" or "say." This is, along with such phony-warmth therapy-speak like "reach out" and "moving forward" another abuse of language and is much more directly offensive than any feigned polysemy of "field."
"On the other hand, the announcement opens with "we would like to share ..." which I find extremely offensive."
Haha, I'm completely with you. I'll start drafting a letter demanding an apology for this micro aggression.
I'm not sure what it ways about how far down this rabbit hole I am, but I picked up the issue immediately. It's just so insane though. Surely the same logic must apply to "chain", "whip," "cotton," "barefoot," "auction," the list is endless.
When I was writing on braintrust's site that almost all their job postings required living in the USA I got dinged for "negativity"; one of their people messaged me with
"I am reaching out to share ..." (the site guidelines).
I got her online and demanded to know what I had violated, which of course I had not. Half the people on there seeking work live outside the USA yet they boasted about being global.
Anyway her opening sentence made about as much sense as a canary.
I struggled with that too. I had to look up the word, decide that I would never have a use for it.
I reflect sometimes as the years wind down about my watashiato, thinking about how many I once knew are no longer with us.
I am filled with etterath.
But, inconclusively, I am left with only agnosthesia.
I'll see your practicum and raise you one kuebiko.
The tome for reflective and sorrowful lexophiles: https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Obscure-Sorrows-John-Koenig-ebook/dp/B08VJMFFRB/ref=sr_1_1