e/acc Leader Mocks Silicon Valley Jargon: Saying 'Directionally' Instead of 'F*cked Up'
beffjezos · x · 2026-08-03
Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon), a prominent figure in the e/acc movement, took to X to mock the tech industry's reliance on the word "directionally." Quoting another post, he pointed out that techies often use phrases like "directionally very bad" to sugarcoat situations that are actually completely messed up, or "directionally correct" to mask their own screw-ups.
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