Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently discovered that firing 17 percent of a company's workforce might have a big impact on said company.
    • itsnicodegallo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      This just means “to insult”. Not exactly interchangeable with “overcome with a negative emotion”.

      But yes, I fucking hate this kind of hyperbole in news headlines. The other one I see is blasts like somebody legit fired a Kamehameha wave at somebody else.