I accidentally dug up a pile of old e-mails from 90th , gamedev messages, reports and discussions and been curious to read some. The language have considerably shifted since. Not in exact literal wording but rather in feeling . It was interesting to read . Was sort of sharp, sometimes rough, expressive and colorful, with sometimes a few mild cursing like crap . I would say in same tone great English literature have been showing since Shakespeare.
Now I feel sleepy when I read the correspondence. It's so faint and corner-rounding, so like what chatGPT writes , polished and toned down . So neutral or always positive. With everyone always happy, cool and great for something looking mediocre at best. The exact idea is sometimes getting lost in between.
I am curious. Is it just my imagination ? Perhaps just company or person specific ? Or just folks got older ?
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once you get past a certain size you legally need HR and once you have HR you have rules about how you speak to people and they're enforced by people who are payed to not have a sense of humour