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Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life by apsurd on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:06PM (#46294471)
I find myself doing this for anything "work related" like slack. It's definitely a thing on Linkedin posts.

The idea is it's like TikTok for text. Short self-contained visual "things" that keep grabbing back your fading attention. I don't like it, but I like that I think about why it is and that, in a work sentence, it somehow (sadly) makes sense.

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Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life by skeeter2020 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:10PM (#46294507)
In a post about how thin, superficial (and yes, lazy) things are destroying the value of your life, sigh...
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Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life by mattbettinson on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:26PM (#46294734)
Maybe it will reach the people most in need of it that way
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Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life by nicbou on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:50PM (#46295039)
When I come across this sort of writing I skip it. If the writer can't be bothered to organise their ideas I won't do it for them. I find that writing style oddly grating.
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Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life by SchemaLoad on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @05:42PM (#46295693)
I've only ever seen this style as a satire of hustle bros. So I assume it must be a real thing originally.
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