slothrop, 14 days ago

@paninid Pleading an exception for actual infantry folk

slothrop, 14 days ago

@paninid Which is to say, I completely agree.

This whole “military language in business” thing is gross and cringe.

Also, put down that Sun Tzu.

DoesntExist, 14 days ago

@slothrop @paninid

The silly thing about Sun Tzu is how obvious most of it is:

"Attack your opponent when you have the advantage..." That kind of thing.

Like, duh.

Business types often aren't great at the whole Humanities thing, turns out.

slothrop, 14 days ago

@DoesntExist @paninid To give Sun Tzu the benefit of the doubt:

Maybe this stuff was actually cutting edge at the time he wrote it down.

It’s been a while though.

trochee, 14 days ago

@slothrop @DoesntExist @paninid

I read somewhere that Sun Tzu was mostly writing down the basics for the imperial failsons so that they wouldn't just immediately shit the bed when they went to the field.

You can practically hear him muttering under his breath between aphorisms

"Attack when they DON'T expect it (duh, jerk). Appear bold when you are most vulnerable (like when you beat the servants for cleaning your puke). Feign weakness where you are strong (pretend to be sick to skip work)"