The bizarre part is the first panel in the comic! I'm not sure where people get the idea that they need to fluff up their emails or publications. It exists, sure, I'm just saying I've never felt the need to do it, nor have I ever (consciously, of course) valued a piece of text more because it was more fluffy and verbose. I do have a bad habit of writing over-verbosely myself (I'm doing it now!), but it's a flaw I indulge in on my own keyboard. I use LLMs plenty often, but I've never felt the need to ask one to fluff up and sloppify my writing for me.
But I really want to know where the idea that fluffier text = better (or more professional?) comes from. We have plenty of examples of how actual high-up business people communicate, it's generally quick and concise, not paragraphs of prose.
Even from marketing/salespeople, I generally value the efficient and concise emails way more than the ones full of paragraphs. Maybe this is an effect of the LLM era, but I feel like it was true before it, too.
But I really want to know where the idea that fluffier text = better (or more professional?) comes from. We have plenty of examples of how actual high-up business people communicate, it's generally quick and concise, not paragraphs of prose.
Even from marketing/salespeople, I generally value the efficient and concise emails way more than the ones full of paragraphs. Maybe this is an effect of the LLM era, but I feel like it was true before it, too.