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by fc417fc802 89 days ago
Labeling does not necessarily imply contempt. I'm sure everyone (including you) applies labels all the time without feeling any.

Not everyone is going to enjoy socializing with their coworkers. There's nothing wrong with that.
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palmotea 89 days ago
> Labeling does not necessarily imply contempt.

But certain labels do. Labels like "drone," for instance.

> Not everyone is going to enjoy socializing with their coworkers. There's nothing wrong with that.

There isn't, but that's not what we're talking about.

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fc417fc802 89 days ago
That's subjective. I don't agree about "drone" for example. I see it as a largely neutral descriptor that can skew slightly positive or negative based on context. Particularly "corporate drone" to me refers to an office worker with a long term stable job at a megacorporation. Such a category can easily carry either a positive or negative connotation depending on the speaker.

> There isn't, but that's not what we're talking about.

Says you. Your original response was ambiguous so I included that.

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palmotea 88 days ago
> I see it as a largely neutral descriptor that can skew slightly positive or negative based on context. Particularly "corporate drone" to me refers to an office worker with a long term stable job at a megacorporation. Such a category can easily carry either a positive or negative connotation depending on the speaker.

That's a massive stretch, dude. And the scenario here is pretty clearly one guy with a stable job at a megacorporation judging another guy at the same megacorporation .

>> There isn't, but that's not what we're talking about.

> Says you. Your original response was ambiguous so I included that.

Maybe my original comment, but that's not what you responded to. By the time you chimed in the context made it clear.

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fc417fc802 88 days ago
Not a stretch. That's my genuine impression of the phrase.

His reply was quite judgmental but I don't think his original turn of phrase that you first objected to was.

Obviously I didn't feel the context made it clear or I wouldn't have written what I did.

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