[Ads-l] EOTY candidate

[Baker, John]

My translation would be, “The problem is that our customers are smarter than we expected.”


John Baker


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Subject: Re: EOTY candidate

Here's another, from a paywalled story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (I
found the full text on Reddit). The person who forwarded it to me provided
a helpful translation: “It's not my fault — it’s those fucking customers.”

>>Distress signals went up in Golden Valley on Wednesday morning: People
are buying fewer General Mills products. People may continue to buy fewer
General Mills products.

>>CEO Jeff Harmening chalked up the setback to "stronger-than-anticipated
value-seeking behaviors" and "a return toward historical price
elasticities."<<

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 11:07 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu<mailto:laurence.horn at yale.edu>> wrote:

> For Euphemism of the Year, or more strictly Most Euphemistic:
> "Structurally restrictive housing" = 'solitary confinement'
>
> This week, a report
> <
> https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Solitary%20By%20Many%20Other%20Names%20Report%20Final.pdf<https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Solitary%20By%20Many%20Other%20Names%20Report%20Final.pdf>
> >
> from
> Columbia University’s Center for Justice outlined the dangers of solitary
> confinement, which has been pervasive in the city’s jail system. Despite
> promises to end it, the report stated, the [NYC] Department of Correction
> simply rebranded the practice as “structurally restrictive housing.”
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/nyregion/new-york-eric-adams.html<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/nyregion/new-york-eric-adams.html>
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