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by BlueUmarell 888 days ago
"Hey, wanna hang out with a beer this evening?"

"Nah, I don't need to slouch anymore in this moral crumple zone!"

"We need this new feature in our program!"

"If we implement this it means the management fell in a moral crumple zone"

"What seat would you have to have for your flight?"

"Anywhere, but not in the moral crumple zone, please"

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An example from my actual work life, lightly fictionalized—

Them: “Please review this design.”

Me: “Ok, sure, when do you plan to start coding?”

Them: “Oh, it’s already in beta.”

Me: “So you can’t do anything with my feedback, but you’ll say I reviewed it?”

Them: “Well…”

Me: “You’re putting me in a moral crumple zone here!”