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[โ€“] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, working in tech I've personally encountered this lots and it never stops personally pissing me off. It's a facet of learned helplessness. It's pretty clearly a way to get other people around them to do things for them. They probably don't see it as manipulative but it is, albeit in a pretty minor way.

[โ€“] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

Yes yes I am not your drone