Jeanie Bottle 686
Mar15
on March 15, 2022
at 12:00 am
and modified on December 27, 2022. at 1:12 am
Ahhh, so that’s how it happened.
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Ahhh, so that’s how it happened.
Neil has committed the classic engineer’s mistake: solved the problem without examining unintended consequences. See the entire history of engineers versus management and marketing.
As the quote goes, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
As for shortsightedness by marketing, that stems mainly from prioritizing money above all other concerns.
Scientists and engineers are compulsive problem solvers. It can make them easy to manipulate, as seems to have happened here.
In any organization larger than about two, management is essential. But good managers are also good manipulators, and they too can get get blinded by their goals.
Marketing is a special case. Some form of marketing is necessary to make the free market work—potential buyers need to know your product exists, what it does, and be able to distinguish it from competitors. But I’m afraid most marketing departments have become active measures branches of The Liars’ Guild, whose president is the Prince of Lies, who of course doesn’t exist. Modern marketing is profoundly evil. It debases language into a tool for casting reality warping black spells keying on fear, envy, greed, gluttony, lust, and most dangerous of all, pride.
I doubt Jean thinks of himself as a marketer. He’d scoff at the idea, might even get offended. But he’s an essential part of the entertainment industry, and cannot avoid being contaminated by the publicity arm.
I doubt he had any trouble at all trapping Gennate into crafting a (seemingly) bottomless wish. (Though I still believe he’s only tricked Gennate into believing she must grant his endless wishes.)
@50srefugee: You on Discord?
I don’t think Jean was in marketing, I thought he was a book/movie reviewer.
@mike: !. I have been on discord, but can’t now find my username/pswd.
2. As I said, “I doubt Jean thinks of himself as a marketer. He’d scoff at the idea, might even get offended.” But he worked at the fringes of entertainment marketing, and schmoozed with that riffraff at various parties and publicity functions. It’s easy to see that some of the slime would have wiped off on him, and he certainly shares certain aspects of the mindset.
@50srefugee: Send Robet a message.
hello, I would like to know where I can see the content of the exotic dancer.
You have to be a patron, and that material is only present at the start of the month. (At least, that’s the way it worked for me.)
New plan. Genie-Natalie, go back in time with your powers and kill Gene as a teenager. With that psychopath out of the way, everything will be right with the world. Jean is just too vile to be allowed to live. Kill it with fire!