[HN Gopher] Sans Bullshit Sans (2015)
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       Sans Bullshit Sans (2015)
        
       Author : ciclotrone
       Score  : 78 points
       Date   : 2024-06-15 19:40 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sansbullshitsans.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sansbullshitsans.com)
        
       | HasanYousef wrote:
       | I like how "startup" gets replaced with bullshit
        
       | upmostly wrote:
       | Synergy wasn't replaced.
        
         | bluescrn wrote:
         | It does in all-lower-case
        
         | jakelsaunders94 wrote:
         | Haha, synergy was my go-to first word too. I'm still not sure
         | what it means.
        
         | pteraspidomorph wrote:
         | I pasted the lyrics for Mission Statement by Weird Al. I got
         | ten bullshits (including synergy) and four bullfuckingshits,
         | which were for: globalization, downsized, and paradigm shift
         | (x2).
        
           | greenyoda wrote:
           | Video of _Mission Statement_ by Weird Al:
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
           | 
           | Song info and lyrics:
           | https://weirdal.fandom.com/wiki/Mission_Statement
        
         | hnlmorg wrote:
         | That was the first word I tried and it was censored as
         | expected. What was the sentence you used 'synergy' in?
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | (2015)
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       | Wondering if the avalanche of buzzwords since has been added
        
         | ChrisArchitect wrote:
         | Hm, guess not https://github.com/RoelN/SansBullshitSans
        
         | wwalexander wrote:
         | The blog post explaining the implementation[0] says the source
         | of the buzzwords was a list "250 Buzzwords We Love To Hate"
         | published on May 13, 2014[1].
         | 
         | [0] https://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/ [1]
         | https://web.archive.org/web/20140516035753/http://www.ngenwo...
        
         | Tao3300 wrote:
         | I was expecting blockchain to set it off, but no.
        
       | Firehawke wrote:
       | Needs "do the needful" for completion's sake.
        
         | mock-possum wrote:
         | Ugh I can't stand that one. I know it's unfair of me, plenty of
         | Indians use it as a totally normal phrase, but it's just comes
         | off as so awkward and cringy to my ears, like a parent
         | reminding a potty-training child to use the bathroom before
         | they have an 'accident.'
        
       | educasean wrote:
       | Our lives have been bullshit sans sans bullshit sans.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Sans Bullshit Sans_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534204 - May 2015 (16
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Sans Bullshit Sans_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9111447 - Feb 2015 (97
       | comments)
        
       | smusamashah wrote:
       | I have been using this bookmarklet which replaces all BS
       | terminology with the word bullshit
       | https://mourner.github.io/bullshit.js/
       | 
       | Its fun to see when an article lights up top to bottom with this
       | pink shade of bullshit.
        
       | geor9e wrote:
       | 12 years earlier, there was an iteration of this idea called
       | "Bullfighter". It didn't use clever ligatures though.
       | 
       | https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/06/14/ole-deloitte-con...
       | 
       | https://bullfighter.software.informer.com/1.2/
        
       | joelthelion wrote:
       | I wish Microsoft would set this as the default in outlook and
       | teams...
        
         | lostlogin wrote:
         | 'New' Teams might trigger the filter?
        
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