Ahahah I experienced only the media narrative, and it did play out exactly as you described it.

Of course now it comes to reason that many people were actively working to fix the problem, but they never really explained that part on TV.

Just follow the current

Yep I think pops here has this one, us Millennials grew up with leet speak, it already was a thing in the 80s.

Paimon? So the cute fluffy sidekick in Genshin is one of the princes of hell?

True, but…

There’s a couple of warning flags in that story - what’s with the “I spend my time making my boss’s life hell”? That doesn’t sound conducive to building a trusting relationship…

Then there’s how you work through a problem with someone, especially higher management. I’ve learned to not over share the details, because there’s this invisible force that commands them to give an opinion and butt in.

Just offer calm assurance that you know what it is going on and that you can fix it, and give them an estimate of how long it will take, but double it first. This will give you leeway in case of unexpected issues, and make you look good if you deliver faster.

One thing they’re good at though is getting you resources. If you need someone else to move, or something to get it fixed, be clear about that and they’ll start making phone calls and make it happen in no time.

“And that’s when enshitification kicked in”

In that lady’s defense, some people seem to have their internal monologue tuned to the wrong frequency, and usually blurt it out instead.