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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 hours ago

Yep I have learned to write biz emails in short, pithy sentences, if I want people to actually read and assimilate the info.

I don't think it's stupidity (and nothing against stupid co-workers if they're trying), but they're just so grindset brained into mental exhaustion that they literally zone out in the middle of a paragraph.

I'll catch myself doing it on occasion too. If anything it's worse recently, because I'll have the nagging thought did they actually write this or am I reading two sentences puffed out into half a page by llm…