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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I would like to pause to note that this has become one of the most sickeningly overused phrases of late. What, really, does it mean? Is it a "bottom line"? Is it "net, net, net"? Is it "cut to the chase"? It is "like", "um" or "er"? It's 6 words that add nothing to anything.

It is all the more objectionable that it seems to have derived from consultants. If there is a group of people who contribute less to the overall benefit of society than lawyers, it surely is consultants. So far as I can tell, consultants are the people who could not pass a legal writing class, because they write only in cliches. Yet they make money because they manage to smile and convince people that the bullshit exiting their mouths actually contributes to the corporate bottom line. They have, despite their regular vapidity, managed to persuade companies to part with significant sums of money in exchange for the same tired advice. Do lawyers do the same thing? Sometimes. But at least corporate lawyers fill the role of helping to create value through implementing corporate strategy, and litigators are merely protecting corporate value from the leaches like Pony. Even paralegals contribute value to this effort.

BTW, if you're a consultant: suck it. It's friday.