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Re:A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually... by iagovar on Monday May 24, 2021 @08:54AM (#27263748)
But americans do get marketing though. I bet you know about a bunch of companies that were doing $thing in $country before, probably with better outcomes, but never got the recognition.

In Spain, for example, many industrial companies have a culture where marketing is nearly BS. That hurts them a lot IMO.

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Re:A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually... by ethbr0 on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:02AM (#27263837)
Both of these are interrelated.

I think one of the reasons Americans overuse superlatives is because they're constantly bathed in expensive marketing.

Consequently, everyone is used to being told everything is good / great / the best. Which means anyone actually expressing that in a human capacity has to reach for "the very best" or similar.

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