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You Have to Feel It

(mitchellh.com)
359 points tosh | 4 comments | 30 Aug 25 14:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.594s | source
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kookamamie ◴[30 Aug 25 18:29 UTC] No.45076932[source]▶
> You have to feel it.

The corporate machine does not feel it.

It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead.

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1. layer8 ◴[30 Aug 25 20:33 UTC] No.45077778[source]▶
The corporate machine consists of people.
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2. leoh ◴[30 Aug 25 20:45 UTC] No.45077860[source]▶
... who do not feel alive in many basic ways that mean a lot
3. dygd ◴[30 Aug 25 21:07 UTC] No.45078011[source]▶
From my experience it consists of Excel spreadsheets. What I mean is that when a wave of layoffs hits, there's no humanity to it, you're just above or below a line.
4. akoboldfrying ◴[31 Aug 25 09:57 UTC] No.45081925[source]▶
People forget this. People are determined to forget this, because acknowledging it is painful. But it's so important that we do.