Eloquence is about using the right word, not the fanciest word, and people who are obviously trying to sound smart tend to fail at this because they forget that using jargon incorrectly doesn’t actually hide the fact that they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Trying to cover up not knowing your shit is really just intentionally alienating and intimidating anyone who has no idea what you’re talking about and throwing away any credibility you might have had in front of someone who does.
Can brands stop saying that their software has a “more creative workflow”? What the heck is that even supposed to mean?
In my experience software doesn’t have a “workflow”, it has features, a UI, and technical requirements.
Good UI and good features means I will probably be able to figure out a workflow that works, and that means I will make more stuff.
A janky or mediocre UI combined with good features means that I guess I’ll figure it out and deal with the bugs, but I’ll also complain a lot.
I feel like the word “creativity” has become so twisted, like it’s been simultaneously corporatized and filled with arbitrary connotations concerning “quality” and “external appeal” (however the hell those are defined now) and it’s become like one of those resume buzzwords that you use not because they actually mean anything, but because they look and sound fancier and because everyone else is using them.
I wasn’t “trying to be creative” when I was a kid, I was just messing around. And I feel like that meaning has been lost, like somehow, over the past several years, we’ve collectively decided that yeah, people should be putting themselves out there and trying stuff but like, only the glossy version of trying stuff.
People who expect screen adaptations to unfold exactly like the book are just setting themselves up for disappointment.
Books aren’t screenplays and most cannot function as such. It’s called an adaptation for a reason.
This might just be a gen Z thing (though it started before our generation), but I’m starting to feel more and more like the societal expectation is for us to want to be self-employed in some way.
As in, that should be the dream.
As in, you know you’ve made it when you can quit the day job and pursue that thing you’re super passionate about full-time. Even better if you never have to have the day job.