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CEO Alarmed to Discover That Laying Off 1,500 Workers Had Consequences (futurism.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 6 months ago (1 children)

slammed

[–] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This just means "to insult". Not exactly interchangeable with "overcome with a negative emotion".

But yes, I fucking hate this kind of hyperbole in news headlines. The other one I see is blasts like somebody legit fired a Kamehameha wave at somebody else.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

CEO slammed with negative emotions after realizing layoffs have consequences

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is one of the most absurd examples I’ve ever seen. This shit drives me crazy.

[–] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

They knew what they were doing... They had to. Lol