"How can the government decide what words a journal can use to describe a scientific reality? That reality needs to be named," one journal editor said.
Even better, say yes. Act like you’re working with them, and then do nothing. Just say, ok, I’ll get right on that! Then… Don’t. Is anyone actually double checking that all the updates have been made?
Do they even know enough about the source material to know exactly what needs to be changed? If not, then it can easily be ignored. If something comes up just be like, oh that was assigned to so and so, they must have missed it… But they don’t work here anymore.
Yeah, that’s another type of resistance I can get behind.
Absolutely. I’ll get right on it. Any day now. Super busy. This afternoon. Sure. Absolutely. Oh yeah, I already did it. Oh, did I miss one? That’s weird. Okay, I’ll get right on it.
IDK, it seems like kind of a losing game to play, maybe. But yeah, I can get behind the idea.
It’s likely to more effectively stall the actual action than directly saying no. If you say no the person talking to you realizes there’s a problem they need to deal with… If you say yes and then just don’t it’ll take them a while to realize it isn’t happening. This is especially true in a chaotic overworked environment (ask me, a former manager, how I know! Or well don’t because I can’t tell you… but you can figure it out). The Trump admin is Chaos on Meth so there’s a decent chance they won’t notice for quite a while - especially if it looks like you’re doing stuff.
Even better, say yes. Act like you’re working with them, and then do nothing. Just say, ok, I’ll get right on that! Then… Don’t. Is anyone actually double checking that all the updates have been made?
Do they even know enough about the source material to know exactly what needs to be changed? If not, then it can easily be ignored. If something comes up just be like, oh that was assigned to so and so, they must have missed it… But they don’t work here anymore.
Do some malicious compliance. Change terms just enough so that it will spell out FUCK TRUMP with the first letters of the words or something.
Yeah, that’s another type of resistance I can get behind.
Absolutely. I’ll get right on it. Any day now. Super busy. This afternoon. Sure. Absolutely. Oh yeah, I already did it. Oh, did I miss one? That’s weird. Okay, I’ll get right on it.
IDK, it seems like kind of a losing game to play, maybe. But yeah, I can get behind the idea.
It’s likely to more effectively stall the actual action than directly saying no. If you say no the person talking to you realizes there’s a problem they need to deal with… If you say yes and then just don’t it’ll take them a while to realize it isn’t happening. This is especially true in a chaotic overworked environment (ask me, a former manager, how I know! Or well don’t because I can’t tell you… but you can figure it out). The Trump admin is Chaos on Meth so there’s a decent chance they won’t notice for quite a while - especially if it looks like you’re doing stuff.