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1. dylan6+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-09-27 00:34:45
>clowd servers

it's like a portmanteau between clown + cloud, because most of these cloud things I swear are led by clowns. I like it a lot!!

replies(1): >>bombca+I2
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2. bombca+I2[view] [source] 2023-09-27 00:52:50
>>dylan6+(OP)
I typod it, the spell checker fixed it, and then I thought the exact same thing, and went back and broke it again.

I'm claiming it and hereby releasing it into the public domain! :D

replies(2): >>heyoni+Hm >>mixmas+hw
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3. heyoni+Hm[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 03:08:06
>>bombca+I2
You need a PR for this. Someone start a repo. And while we’re at it, can we think of something better than enshitification? It just doesn’t roll off the tongue very well at all.
replies(3): >>bombca+mo >>dylan6+cr >>tivert+zx
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4. bombca+mo[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 03:17:47
>>heyoni+Hm
I've always been partial for "slumping into the melt" - a term from forging metal and glass. Everything becomes a even bland useless but barely working mix in the crucible of modern finance.
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5. dylan6+cr[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 03:38:43
>>heyoni+Hm
enshitification is just so onomatopoeically pleasing though. it's also like one of those fun German words, but in English.

It's similar to one of those George Carlin bits where putting a curse word in the middle of an ordinary word changes the power of the word. incredible -> infuckingcredible absolutely -> absofuckinglutely

I just don't know what enification means.

replies(2): >>golem1+At >>edward+Lv
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6. golem1+At[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 03:54:41
>>dylan6+cr
In German it would be Verscheißigung?
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7. edward+Lv[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 04:13:01
>>dylan6+cr
Tom Scott did a video about this a few years ago.

https://youtu.be/dt22yWYX64w

replies(1): >>dylan6+WY1
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8. mixmas+hw[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 04:17:07
>>bombca+I2
"Why yes, our silver-haired CEO enshittified the product with a data-mining clowd service!"
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9. tivert+zx[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 04:26:28
>>heyoni+Hm
> And while we’re at it, can we think of something better than enshitification? It just doesn’t roll off the tongue very well at all.

I think a term that doesn't slide off the tongue actually captures some of the feeling of what enshitification is.

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10. mikub+VA[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 04:53:34
>>golem1+At
There is already a german word for it, it's called "Verschlimbesserung". Which you could translate to "Improving but making it worse", sounds better in german so. :)
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11. golem1+zK[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 06:28:56
>>mikub+VA
Yeah, but that has no cussword component.

Verschlimmbesserung could be translated as imworsement maybe?

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12. dylan6+WY1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 15:03:30
>>edward+Lv
I think this shows the generational gap between the two of us. I didn't even know what a Tom Scott was.
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