hollyhoppet wrote on March 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM

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people seem to like tardigrades

twovests wrote on March 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Reply to today in job postings that make me feel like severance is less exaggerated a parody than one might initially think by hollyhoppet

I started listening to the Severance podcast, and Ben Stiller and Adam Scott compare Atlassian's Confluence (the worst wiki software in the world, as you probably know; it's so bad) to the Severance procedure, with wording very much like what you quoted in the post.

nitori wrote on March 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM

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Well, until it's the year 11930 CE that is :P

devtesla wrote on February 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM

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yeah it'd be spooky

cowloom wrote on February 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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cowloom wrote on February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM

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that would be extra wild, since that film was shot at least 40 years after he worked there

devtesla wrote on February 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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what if you saw a background extra in a severence shot and it's just your grandfather going to work

cowloom wrote on February 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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What! That's crazy, my grandfather worked for Bell Labs in New Jersey during the late 50s and early 60s! I had no idea that was the same building!

devtesla wrote on February 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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The building in Severance is the former Bell Labs building in New Jersey that has been converted into a bunch of smaller offices for other companies. There's people who drive to work everyday to work in the Severance building.

rain wrote on February 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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Second

cowloom OP wrote on February 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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By the power invested in me (by myself), I hereby decree the 2020s to be "The Terrible Twenties"

cowloom OP wrote on February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM

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By the power invested in me (by myself), I hereby decree the 2020s to be "The Terrible Twenties"

flabberghaster wrote on February 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM

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Most I hear people refer to 2010 to 2019 as just "the twenty tens"

Ruby wrote on February 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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i've heard "the new 20s" to differentiate it from the 1920s

emma wrote on February 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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good on /u/1930sgangster for future-proofing

rain wrote on February 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM

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People haven't really been using that wording to refer to the current decade since the 90s, so it feels kind of dated.

I think that’s just because there aren’t any universally agreed on shortcuts to refer to the 2000-2009 and the 2010-2019 decades. Not enough people use nought for the “noughties” to have caught on, and “the teens” leaves out 2010-2012. At some point I expect it to comeback, possibly ironically at first, but once it’s back I think it will stick around again. People love short cutesy labels.

nitori wrote on February 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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Well, the 2020s right now isn't roaring, so you can add a "Roaring" before the 20s to mean the 1920s :P

hollyhoppet wrote on February 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM (edited on February 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM)

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i would never besmirch bryce the 3d modeling software from the 90s

underscores wrote on February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM

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I feel like it might not get that popular. People haven't really been using that wording to refer to the current decade since the 90s, so it feels kind of dated.

Some other phrasing, nickname, slang, pun, or something could take off instead. I guess if there's some distinctive attribute to the decade maybe it'll get an adjective to contrast it with the roaring 20s.