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by palmotea 93 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 93 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 93 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 93 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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