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Venatius Since: Jul, 2011
Sep 2nd 2021 at 9:17:27 PM •••

I have tried repeatedly to understand the lengthy first sentence of the second paragraph in the description, and failed every time. What does "your production" mean in this case? I feel like this needs an edit for clarity, but I can't even guess at its intended meaning with enough confidence to attempt that. It's talking, I infer, about a hypothetical business in a hypothetical fictional setting, but that's pieced together only from subsequent sentences.

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Venatius Since: Jul, 2011
Sep 2nd 2021 at 9:23:26 PM •••

The bit about the idea the business "may not have a unique trait" doesn't seem to make any sense either. Why is it followed by a long list of unique traits? Is that to clarify what the phrase "unique trait" means? Or was the "not" included by mistake? If so, what does that have to do with it being generic?

Edited by Venatius
T-Squared Since: Nov, 2018
Oct 12th 2021 at 7:26:59 PM •••

A lack of a "unique trait" in this case may just be a business that's a generic cubicle office, a burger restaurant, a bank, or any place that can be one-of-a-thousand in a city. Take your pick, and it'll anyways have the same kinds of stuff as the others.

On the other side of the coin, though, for example, some unique traits include:

The Krusty Krab prides itself on its flavorful burger and secret recipe, which Plankton has tried to procure.

Google prides itself on the newest technology and internet services.

The United Federation of Planets, despite its generic-sounding name, tries to bring together galactic races in harmony with each other through culture, technology, and defense.

Edited by T-Squared Beep Boop.
Jeduthun Won't you be my neighbor Since: Nov, 2010
Won't you be my neighbor
Sep 2nd 2021 at 6:57:28 PM •••

...Isn't this already Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation?

Edit: Oh, I think I figured out the distinction. Adding some disambiguation.

Edited by Jeduthun If you live as humans do, it will be the end of you. -James Thurber
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