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Re:When employees feel slighted, they work less by tarkin2 on Saturday January 24, 2026 @12:57PM (#46745842)
The point is that /anyone/ is being compared to a dog, that the whole relationship is being compared as such. It's demeaning and is pretty much a slight, ironically enough (albeit directed towards the manager in this occasion)
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Re:When employees feel slighted, they work less by csallen on Saturday January 24, 2026 @02:22PM (#46746655)
The entire point of comparison is to be able to point out similarities between two different things.

If you ignore the specific similarities being pointed out (learning and training work similar in different mammals), and you instead focus on the most offensive differences you can think of (dogs are lesser intelligent creatures than man), then of course you can find a way to be offended.

But doing so is optional, FYI. And counterproductive to an interesting conversation as well.

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Re:When employees feel slighted, they work less by catlifeonmars on Saturday January 24, 2026 @01:53PM (#46746369)
You don’t find Pavlov’s manager the least bit humorous?
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Re:When employees feel slighted, they work less by some_furry on Saturday January 24, 2026 @03:27PM (#46747324)
Do you reckon Pavlov associated a ringing bell with feeding his dog?

(Also as a furry this whole thread is funny.)

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Re:When employees feel slighted, they work less by fuzzfactor on Sunday January 25, 2026 @01:30PM (#46756698)
Well, when the situation requires working like a dog, some people can do it and some cant :)
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