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Jesus fucking Christ, I hate the fairly new use of "optics."
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:36 AM Author: Galvanic pistol Example:
"And even though TFA members often don’t replace laid-off workers, the optics of the situation are no good."
http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/diploma-mill/2009/10/15/teach-america-gets-timeout?page=0,1
"Optics" is a branch of physics.
Quit using it as a substitute for "appearances," unless you're trying to make yourself look like a retarded ex-NFL football player who just got his first TV job as an "analyst."
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:36 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate Never seen that before, but it's incredibly stupid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002015) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:41 AM Author: Cyan pozpig Slightly different meaning, but how do people feel about "atmospherics."
"I don't think the company's actions actually satisfy the elements of the tort but the atmospherics are so bad I fear the jury will overlook that fact." |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:42 AM Author: stirring internet-worthy macaca tattoo these are all excellent examples of pretentious douchebaggery commonly found in the writings and conversations of lawyers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002032) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:43 AM Author: Lilac Aggressive Genital Piercing BUSINESSMEN Lawyers don't make up pointless words--we have latin for that. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:45 AM Author: Galvanic pistol I have never seen or heard a lawyer employ either of those uses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002048) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:42 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate Just as gross. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002035) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:45 AM Author: Cyan pozpig See, I don't think so.
There is no definition of optics for the purpose the OP is using it.
Atmospherics actually means
"Features, events, or statements intended to create a particular mood or attitude: " (Ken Tucker). The mood or attitude so created." |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:47 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate It's a little closer, but I think it's still off. Presumably the company wasn't INTENDING to create the mood of incredible sleaziness when it dumped toxic sludge into candy sold to 3-year-olds.
Also, there are 10 easier ways to say that while it's not technically a tort, it looks just horrible and the jury might be sympathetic. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:49 AM Author: Cyan pozpig Those are seperte definitions, so it describes the "mood or attitude so created" regardless of the intetions of the party creating it.
I'm not disuputing that there are more colloquial ways to make the same point, just that it is not as COMPLETELY FUCKING MADE UP as the OP. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:51 AM Author: stirring internet-worthy macaca tattoo considering the salubriousness of your post, I will have to associate your atmospherics with a clandestine juvenile emotional apparatus. optically, we may remain FRIENDS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002074) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:53 AM Author: Cyan pozpig TY. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002083) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:55 PM Author: Navy Indecent Pervert outstanding utilization of words. i would task you to draft a brief of high importance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003599) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:48 AM Author: saffron parlor yeah you'd use it in criticism for books and movies, as in "not irl," which is where this usage belongs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002063) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 11:53 PM Author: Mustard provocative home No.
Atmospherics is from the early radio jargon. It stands for electrical interferences due to bad weather (Damn atmospherics again!) Using it for "atmosphere" is already retarded, not to mention an illiterate attempt at a smart-sounding metaphor above. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:44 AM Author: Galvanic pistol Also a fucking horrendous. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002041) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:44 AM Author: saffron parlor lols, the novel "optics" usage i've heard, "atmospherics" not, and it's so ludicrous that I'm hoping you haven't either... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002044) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:38 AM Author: Pink motley gunner market *gags* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002669) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:29 PM Author: Galvanic pistol As you should. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13007085) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:48 AM Author: Cerebral Theater As a former optics person, that pisses me off quite a lot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002740) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:28 PM Author: floppy tan feces generalized bond fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003371) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:40 PM Author: Cerebral Theater *traps you in an optical lattice* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003476) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:52 PM Author: floppy tan feces generalized bond *quantum tunnels under the fence* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003571) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 2:31 AM Author: adventurous vermilion native *gets entangled* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13009456) |
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Date: August 15th, 2010 3:19 PM Author: primrose philosopher-king theatre uncertain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#15794284) |
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Date: August 15th, 2010 3:19 PM Author: cruel-hearted stag film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#15794277) |
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Date: August 15th, 2010 3:18 PM Author: cruel-hearted stag film really hear it in politics more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#15794274) |
Date: October 16th, 2009 9:52 AM Author: Galvanic pistol You can almost see how the retard gears spun when the first person employed that use of "optics."
"Dude, like, optics sorta has something to do with seeing. And appearances sorta have something to do with seeing. And 'optics' sounds like a smart person word." |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:39 AM Author: Emerald resort trump supporter I hear it at last once a week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002675) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:44 AM Author: Pink motley gunner market Where? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002713) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:45 AM Author: bistre codepig It is what it is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002716) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:45 AM Author: Cyan pozpig In this case, it is not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002719) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:45 AM Author: Pink motley gunner market "Optics" is far worse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002723) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate This doesn't bother me. It's just the dressed-up equivalent of "Whatever, man." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002731) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:34 PM Author: cracking amethyst house windowlicker i don't think that quite captures it. unlike "whatever," "it is what it is" sounds more in resignation than indifference. and is actually just fine as an expression for that reason (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13007123) |
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Date: October 17th, 2009 1:46 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate I think that works. I agree that "it is what it is" is more of an expression of resignation, not one of not caring about the underlying facts.
I think the shared element of both expressions that I was trying to get at was the acknowledgment that certain things could not be changed and needed to be dealt with as they were. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:49 AM Author: big henna heaven partner yeah, but that's neither here nor there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002744) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:57 PM Author: Navy Indecent Pervert this and "under the bus" are staples for not very smart people right now; and those looking for some urban edge work the inane "hating on" into things (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003619) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2009 10:20 AM Author: shaky famous landscape painting candlestick maker *stabs self with ice pick* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13620558) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:47 AM Author: Cyan pozpig How about using "qua" when it really isn't necessary?
Like saying "shareholders qua shareholders" when it is obvious from the context of the sentence that the action was necessarily undertaken as a shareholder and not an officer, director, whatever.
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:48 AM Author: Soul-stirring Senate Last time you did this, I was torn between asking you what the fuck "qua" even meant and making fun of you for being pretentious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002735) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 11:51 AM Author: Cyan pozpig I just sent you an epic e-mail. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13002753) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:27 PM Author: floppy tan feces generalized bond I like it. Don't be such a cantankerous old fart. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003370) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:49 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon liquid oxygen where did you hear this usage? i have never heard anyone use the word optic in this way. nor have i heard the word atmospherics used in that way either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003551) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:30 PM Author: Galvanic pistol "where did you hear this usage?"
Well, among other things, I read it in the article I linked to in the original post. |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 1:56 PM Author: Demanding aphrodisiac indirect expression brunch the only thing stupider than "optics" is TFA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003604) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 2:00 PM Author: wonderful site I was hearing this from our business clients last year - they were always talking about the "optics" of some deal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13003644) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:30 PM Author: garnet pisswyrm Get over yourself, loser. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13007094) |
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Date: October 16th, 2009 9:31 PM Author: Painfully honest opaque national BY WHAT METRIC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13007105) |
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Date: November 20th, 2009 11:48 PM Author: adventurous vermilion native http://volokh.com/2009/11/20/michael-mcconnell-v-martin-flaherty-on-whether-the-pay-czars-appointment-violates-the-appointments-clause/comment-page-1/#comment-691626 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13325082) |
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Date: December 22nd, 2009 9:55 AM Author: Galvanic pistol Well, it's so far from what I think is necessary that I don't think it's a it's a good bill. But I think if it goes down, just because of the OPTICS of the situation and the way the Republicans have framed this as a make-or-break moment for President Obama, it will make it easier for the Republicans to take control of Congress in 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704304504574610240610282058.html |
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Date: December 22nd, 2009 10:20 AM Author: shaky famous landscape painting candlestick maker tyft (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13620562) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 11:31 PM Author: Galvanic pistol "But the optics of presidential vacations are trickier, particularly in a time of war and economic trouble."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/politics/27memo.html
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:02 AM Author: Mustard provocative home This is fucking nosiating. No - vominating. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654467) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 11:32 PM Author: Mahogany Dashing Stead Incel It's very common. Get used to it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654216) |
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Date: December 26th, 2009 11:33 PM Author: Galvanic pistol It's very TTT. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654224) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:00 AM Author: Mustard provocative home *raises middle finger to the face level*
"I hope you appreciate the optics of this situation" |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:05 AM Author: Mustard provocative home Why do most of these quotes involve Obama? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654493) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:07 AM Author: Shivering Potus I just bought an EOTech. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654514) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:09 AM Author: Laughsome plum friendly grandma station Optics has a manly military ring to it. Expect to see more of this term. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654546) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:11 AM Author: Galvanic pistol Maybe that's why business schools love military experience -- business schools get a fresh source of retarded jargon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654563) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:13 AM Author: Shivering Potus I do this shit at work. I give AARs to the partner I work for. Litigation is WAR. HTMFH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654591) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:18 AM Author: Galvanic pistol Does it involve some sort of matrix? All good military/business bullshittery involves a matrix. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654647) |
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Date: December 27th, 2009 12:14 AM Author: Mustard provocative home The institutionalized cretinism of one resonates well with the other. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#13654607) |
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Date: April 24th, 2010 6:32 PM Author: adventurous vermilion native Horrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#14810580) |
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Date: May 24th, 2010 5:29 PM Author: Pink motley gunner market "But having acknowledged that it's admittedly gimmicky, probably inconsequential, and face-saving, I don't mind it, for precisely that reason. Ideally, the admin would get its nice OPTICS, and states would get their stabilization funds. This year's deficit should still be higher, and this act wouldn't stop that."
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/05/in-partial-defense-of-obamas-spending-cut-gimmick/57193/ |
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Date: August 15th, 2010 3:17 PM Author: crystalline concupiscible stain jew http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=1396351&mc=3&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1112326&forum_id=2#15794267) |