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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by contravariant on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:32AM (#29461820)
Off topic but this might be the first time I've seen someone use the noun affect correctly.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by kittiepryde on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:40AM (#29461953)
emotion or desire, especially as influencing behavior or action.

I had to look it up, I wasn't even aware affect had a noun definition - I had believed it was only a verb. TIL

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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by knicholes on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:47AM (#29462082)
I heard it a lot in psychology classes in college. People can have a "flat affect."
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