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Anything To Get To The Point Faster
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Japan Airlines won't say "Ladies and Gentlemen" in in-flight announcements anymore, in an attempt to be more gender-inclusive and... wait, let's talk about this not on the gender issue but about something that's more interesting to me, that "Ladies and Gentlemen" is not just archaic but pointless. Why do you need to preface anything with that kind of general address? It's wasting time. Just say what you need to say. What? It's to get everybody's attention? Why not just yell "HEY!"? Because "Ladies and Gentlemen" is mostly ignored anyway. So, it's a time-waster and it doesn't in and of itself say anything of value. Can we just drop it? (New York Times)
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