Mobsters have it down to an art.

"You take care of it." means "Murder him and dump the body into a building foundation."

"I don't see any problems." can mean "The ambush will happen at the scheduled time. Vinnie will clean up the bodies."

etc.

You'll also see a lot of politicians using "dog whistle" statements, that are interpreted by listeners to mean something entirely different from the stated words.

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nixon_why69 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

That's assuming they're wiretapped. For corporate comms, just remember that email is discoverable while video calls typically aren't even retained. Be as explicit as you want, especially if you can rope a lawyer into the call and claim it's privileged.

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xnx 2 days ago | parent [-]

Would be interesting if automatic AI transcripts change this.

	▲	literallyroy 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Only unintentionally. I know for some unnamed companies any calls containing executives, the Zoom AI transcripts cannot be enabled.

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JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Mobsters have it down to an art

Non-mobsters aren’t always as careful. There is a good chance these guys just weren’t properly investigated.

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Scramblejams 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A good fictional example of this I often think of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5j9RHCBpM

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Dealing with turbulence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...

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breakpointalpha a day ago | parent | prev [-]

"Stand back and stand by."