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GreenWave

(12,574 posts)
1. This perpetual obfuscation is reminiscent of the children's story: The House That Jack Built.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:40 AM
8 hrs ago

Wednesdays

(22,411 posts)
3. Or the children's song, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly"
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:50 AM
7 hrs ago

Each step taken to solve the problem just compounds the problem.

mwooldri

(10,813 posts)
12. I can only hope that the resolution to this is...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:06 PM
5 hrs ago

... similar to the one with the old lady who swallowed a fly. Not that I wish death on anyone...

Wednesdays

(22,411 posts)
14. "I have never killed any one...
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:56 PM
4 hrs ago

...but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
-- Clarence Darrow (often erroneously attributed to Mark Twain)

Ponietz

(4,276 posts)
2. Which is hiding the Noem $223 million malfeasance and so on ad nauseum
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:41 AM
8 hrs ago

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usonian

(24,834 posts)
4. Reminder to DU'ers. Eschew Obfuscation!
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:59 AM
7 hrs ago

Use precise terms such as the ones below

incentivize scalable methodologies
deploy robust paradigms
orchestrate granular niches

These are especially handy at cocktail parties and "smokers"
Source: https://www.makebullshit.com/
Known to old timers as a fuzz-phrase generator.

mwmisses4289

(3,897 posts)
5. Makes me think of George Carlins' sketch of how words change.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:05 PM
6 hrs ago

Iirc, he showed how we went from "Battleshock" to "PTSD".

BidenRocks

(3,176 posts)
8. "Maybe if they stuck with 'Shell Shock'
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:50 PM
5 hrs ago

the veterans would get the care they need!" G. Carlin

PatrickforB

(15,414 posts)
7. Remember Sir Walter Scott's 1808 Marmion? "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." n/t
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
5 hrs ago

Tommy Carcetti

(44,480 posts)
9. Or maybe they're just general fuck-ups.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:51 PM
5 hrs ago

Fucking up independently of one another.

That's my best guess.

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