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Very interesting to see this at the top of HN literally just after reading "Human Capital: a Horror Story"

https://amgreatness.com/2019/11/27/human-capital-a-horror-st...

Good lord, what a schlocky piece of propaganda this is.

The person responsible desperately needs to be happy, but is far more invested in their own supremacy to actually enjoy human contact.

Before reading that article, I was intrigued by the hyperbolic title of the platform: American Greatness. My alt-right BS alarm was immediately triggered. So, I opened another article to get a feel for what it was about. A wave of unsubstantiated lies and storytelling that rivals anything published under Political Fiction.

Stopped reading after Monday when it took a strong turn into weird racist shit, but Monday is accurate and it would be great if someone could tell me how to get out of office hell rather than encouraging me to become a “Gee Bob, great idea!” office improv guy

That piece is really bizarre and poorly written. It feels like they're trying to shoehorn a bunch of right-wing talking points into a piece about corporate boringness. This quote is laughably bad:

> The male toilet has disappeared overnight. Now there is an “All-Gender Toilet” and the door is decorated in rainbow hearts.

> You go through three stalls before you find one that hasn’t got a used tampon floating in the basin or discarded on the floor.

With you on the first sentence, it is written poorly. It came off as smug and trying to be a scientific explanation for an opinion.

On your second sentence, I have no idea what you are talking about. Right wing talking points? Leave your politics at the door sometimes.

It's not like the author is shy of his views and agenda. If you truly don't see the right wing talking points, well maybe you just perceive as normal the views of a far-right political writer, no need to be shy about it.

This is gold

This is hilarious. Very good satire of common day office culture.

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