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Carl T. Bergstrom (ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 10:21:51 JST Carl T. Bergstrom

I've read this supposedly important email from my employer a dozen times and still can't parse the first sentence, let alone understand it.
It's sort of like a neutron star: bullshit corporate neologisms get layered so thick and so self-referentially that grammar itself begins to collapse.
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2. Shared Environments will submit Finance Enterprise and UW Academy security roles on behalf of their unit’s finance administrators: To ensure all necessary approvals are in place, only Shared Environment security role holders will request security roles using the “Provision UW Academy/Enterprise Finance Security Access” form in Workday. Please reach out to your Shared Environment for support when requesting additional Academy/Enterprise security role changes.
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 10:27:23 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @ct_bergstrom Ah, and here I was, thinking like a fool that the purpose of communication is to communicate.
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 10:29:35 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @ct_bergstrom Found it! Last panel:
  https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25
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    Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 25, 1993 | GoComics.com
    
    from Bill Watterson
    
    Calvin: I like to verb words. Hobbes: What? Calvin: I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when "access" was a thing? Now it's something you do. It got verbed. Verbing weirds language. Hobbes: Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding.
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 10:37:53 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @ct_bergstrom Always happy to share a relevant Calvin & Hobbes!
  As long as I’m on a roll: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/02/11/
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    Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 11, 1993 | GoComics.com
    
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    Calvin: I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Want to see my book report? Hobbes: "The dynamics of interbeing and monological imperatives in Dick and Jane: a study in psychic transrelational gender modes." Calvin: Academia, here I come!
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  Carl T. Bergstrom (ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 10:37:54 JST Carl T. Bergstrom
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  @inthehands So far ahead of his time. It's brilliant.
  I'll use that in our Calling Bullshit course next year. Thank you.
  
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