• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    I wonder if they know that “pause indefinitely” has a word they can use. That word is “Stop”. Qualcomm has stopped supporting the device. They have stopped producing it. Not “paused indefinitely”.

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      18 days ago

      Corporate executives love using the word pause to allow the possibility for a resume. It also makes it not a failure since it never finishes negatively: it is paused.

      It’s word gymnastics.

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      18 days ago

      That’s not the same thing though. “Paused indefinitely” means they intend to pick it back up at an undisclosed time in the future.

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        18 days ago

        yeah and my ex-boyfriend “intends” to pay me back the $3500 I loaned him to fix his car.

        Right.

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          18 days ago

          Whether or not they’re being sincere has nothing to do with the meaning of the phrase.