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0 pointsmapontosevenths9d ago0 comments

I'm sure there are some organizations that have yet to correct. Most already have.

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In a world where most is logically equivalent to few or some, and it is, this is a weak flex.

"Most" means "the greatest amount", or to be pedantic more than the alternative. In common usage it implies a number closer to 100%.

I believe I'm accurate in saying that most employers who overhired during COVID corrected long ago. Especially in tech. The layoffs have been ongoing since 2022. Wih more than 127k just in tech last year.[0] For most people COVID ended half a decade ago. Though technically the WHO called it in May of 2023, three years ago.

[0] https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs/

LogicFailsMe9d ago

That's modern logic, sure, but Aristotelian logic argues otherwise.

I know it's not true yet of Amazon, Meta, and Google. They may say otherwise. TLAs say lots of things and hope you forget they ever said them when they are proven wrong, but all my idiot canaries for my claim remain in place in all three companies. Layoffs are a blunt force weapon and little warms the cockles of my heart more than knowing they are still draining that shareholder value(tm).

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LogicFailsMe9d ago

In a world where most is logically equivalent to few or some, and it is, this is a weak flex.

mapontoseventhsOP9d ago

"Most" means "the greatest amount", or to be pedantic more than the alternative. In common usage it implies a number closer to 100%.

[0] https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs/

LogicFailsMe9d ago

That's modern logic, sure, but Aristotelian logic argues otherwise.

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