<![CDATA[I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously.]]>I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously.

Christian Lawson-Perfect (@christianp@mathstodon.xyz)

Hello, I'm from the campaign to launch the word "learnings" directly into the sun. Do you have time for a quick chat about what we're trying to achieve?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d15002d3-89ee-4350-bd2a-752c8dc5651d/i-miss-a-lot-about-the-old-gig-but-one-thing-i-don-t-miss-is-pretending-to-take-people-who-say-learnings-seriously.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:08:12 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 16:45:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:12:45 GMT]]>@wendynather @linuxandyarn "Payings".

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116568382858926802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116568382858926802Wed, 13 May 2026 17:12:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:09:22 GMT]]>@wendynather @mhoye Synonyms do make the world richer, but only when they come from kids, poets, and shitposters. Corporatroids just can't hack 'em.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568369538364973https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568369538364973Wed, 13 May 2026 17:09:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:07:31 GMT]]>@linuxandyarn @mhoye Take my money!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116568362310249957https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116568362310249957Wed, 13 May 2026 17:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:01:56 GMT]]>@mhoye I have spent all day repeating the mantra "these are professional people with good ideas and they just use different words to me".

... while grinding my teeth to the roots

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/christianp/statuses/116568340300221568https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/christianp/statuses/116568340300221568Wed, 13 May 2026 17:01:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:58:20 GMT]]>@wendynather @mhoye Now I've got a movie scene in my head where Samuel L Jackson beats a corporate trainer (or some Prager U bobblehead) down to the floor and says "Thus endeth the learnings."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568326193098421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568326193098421Wed, 13 May 2026 16:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:57:00 GMT]]>@wendynather @linuxandyarn There were plenty of lessons there, in fact.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116568320914585042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/116568320914585042Wed, 13 May 2026 16:57:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:15 GMT]]>@linuxandyarn @mhoye โ€œLessonsโ€ was right there ๐Ÿ˜†

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116568310147328748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116568310147328748Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:13 GMT]]>@mhoye "aggregating the learnings" is my go-to phrase for mocking corpospeak. It came up multiple times at an affiliate marketing company I used to work at (Neverblue).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/kboyd/statuses/116568310006204000https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/kboyd/statuses/116568310006204000Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I miss a lot about the old gig, but one thing I don't miss is pretending to take people who say 'learnings' seriously. on Wed, 13 May 2026 16:47:14 GMT]]>@mhoye "Learnings" was a thing? It wasn't just a typo for leanings?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568282519520026https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/linuxandyarn/statuses/116568282519520026Wed, 13 May 2026 16:47:14 GMT