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CEO Alarmed to Discover That Laying Off 1,500 Workers Had Consequences (futurism.com)
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[–] tedu@azorius.net 184 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I like how the verb in the headline evolves every time I see this story. First he was surprised. Then he was shocked. Now he's alarmed. Maybe I'll check back tomorrow and learn he's horrified!

[–] geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 10 months ago (1 children)

slammed

[–] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 6 points 10 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 10 months ago

CEO slammed with negative emotions after realizing layoffs have consequences

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 6 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[–] coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Flabbergasted!

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Flummoxed!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gobsmacked!

[–] SecretSauces@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bewildered, even!

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Especially when these whole articles revolve around couple sentences in an earnings call which were basically "it had a bigger effect than we expected, but we're doing okay now." I'm sure as an excuse for lower than expected profits in that period.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This guy needs to slam somebody.

[–] unclejeeves@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Fuck I hate that word now

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

It's just another example of news orgs running interference for a twenty-something dbag "entrepreneur"who has no idea how his business works.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

one can only dream!