It is certainly jarring to hear internet-speak in court, but that’s what happens when your text messages get subpoenaed! The judge learned some new words, such as YOLO.
It is one thing to type the world YOLO, jokingly, on Beyoncé’s internet. It is another thing entirely to hear it explained in a court of law. The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried has been, in its vocabulary, tragically millennial. Christian Drappi, a former Alameda software engineer, was put in the position of explaining YOLO — “you only live once” — as well as the phrase “a YOLO thing” to anyone who might be unfamiliar.
The writers among us will remember the use of “I did a thing” when people were promoting their work. “Thing” itself is frequently used by millennials in telling ways — sure, it’s not as jarring as, say, “doggo,” but once you notice how frequently it is used, you can’t unsee it. There are fewer of these in Ellison’s memo: four uses of “thing” and six uses of “things.” Besides the thing, we have: * Personnel management * “bad colobot fairs thing: -4m.” * “liquid FTT thing: -2.
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