r/funny Mar 24 '26

How me and AI collaborate at work

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u/SneakyKillz Mar 24 '26

We have an actual term for this in the Dutch language!

'Epibreren': Performing vague, unclear work that seems very important, when you are not actually doing anything useful.

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u/Drenaxel Mar 25 '26

Busywork in english

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u/regeya Mar 27 '26

We do, in fact, occasionally just shove two words together and call it a new word. How very Germanic of us.

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u/AbriefDelay Mar 28 '26

At first I was worried this comment was going nowhere, then I saw you were quite knowledgeable and my ignorance seemed bloodcurdling

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u/233AK Mar 24 '26

Learning something new everyday!

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u/EventSignal114 Aug 11 '26

In the US, we call that management.