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What does this sentence mean, do you think?

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Baggs Tue 26-Mar-24 13:47:32

"We need to reflect upon and situate and resituate ourselves in all of life - in order to do better."

TinSoldier Tue 26-Mar-24 13:54:01

I've been enjoying W1A again on BBC iPlayer. It sounds exactly like something from the script for that.

The fact is this is about identifying what we do best and finding more ways of doing less of it better, explains Sarah Parish’s head of output Anna Rampton, helpfully.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/19/w1a-review-bbc-send-up

SueDonim Tue 26-Mar-24 14:11:38

I’m currently reading Rory Stewart’s book, Politics on the Edge, about his time as an MP. It’s absolutely full of this kind of talk and his frustration about it comes over loud and clear.

Chestnut Tue 26-Mar-24 14:13:38

I absolutely love W1A and applaud the BBC for doing it.
Twenty Twelve was better though (about the Olympics). That is also on iPlayer.

I agree this sounds like one of Ian Fletcher's soundbites. 😂

OurKid1 Tue 26-Mar-24 14:15:12

I think it means a lot of (pointless) navel gazing.

Urmstongran Tue 26-Mar-24 14:15:30

What a load of gobbledegook! Or, as it’s called these days ‘word salad’.

Namsnanny Tue 26-Mar-24 14:21:27

Great series, I agree. Brilliant scripts, actors etc.
I can't watch/listen to it anymore though.
Too close to the truth.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 26-Mar-24 16:26:14

I understand it, but what a load of psychobabble. I think OurKid sums it up very well. The bleedin’ obvious?

TerriBull Tue 26-Mar-24 16:40:09

Word salad! There are high profile people who can keep up such psychobabble, which usually consists of lots of talking about themselves and general naval gazing at length. Leaving the listener questioning "but what does any of that actually mean"confused

Ladyleftfieldlover Tue 26-Mar-24 16:44:48

Meaningless babble.
Years ago when I lived overseas I helped out at a special school. Some of the children were very disturbed. The American Head told us that these children needed ‘oral stimulation’. I suggested that we should talk to them. She wasn’t amused.

Labradora Tue 26-Mar-24 17:12:48

Ladyleftfieldlover

By contrast , I am very amused grin

JdotJ Mon 01-Apr-24 11:10:55

Translation:
"You've let us down, you've let yourself down" 🤭

Treacletoffee Mon 01-Apr-24 11:16:57

It means we need to think about where we are and what we are doing at all stages of life ( well imosmile)

Neilspurgeon0 Mon 01-Apr-24 11:17:19

Academic new speak. My lads and I used to play “frauds bingo” at the training sessions when I worked in HE. Needless to say I am emphatically NOT an academic
(IT Engineering Lecturer)

rowyn Mon 01-Apr-24 11:45:11

Can't understand why anyone is wasting their time discussing it!

Stillness Mon 01-Apr-24 12:14:48

I take it to mean always striving to overachieve…..rather than allowing things to just be as they are.

Glorianny Mon 01-Apr-24 12:25:36

What it means is fairly obvious, but it is appalling English and badly punctuated.
We need to reflect upon and situate and resituate ourselves in all of life - in order to do better."

In order to do better, in all of life, we need to reflect, situate, and resituate ourselves.

Tanjamaltija Mon 01-Apr-24 12:25:38

Buck up - that's what it means.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/c3PJnQhZZjBqMKGSw1T5g5/anna-rampton

Plevey08 Mon 01-Apr-24 13:21:23

I reckon it means reflect on your current situation, reassess to see if you like it, think about how you have arrived at where you are. Then have a think about how you can improve the way forward to being and feeling how and where you want to be..ta da! Easier said than done.

SueEH Mon 01-Apr-24 13:22:39

I think it just reminds us to regularly step back and take a look at where we are and where we want to be. It’s very easy just to plod along and put up with things, when taking stock and making changes would probably be beneficial.

Plevey08 Mon 01-Apr-24 13:24:52

I'm into mindlessness these days, not mindfulness. Good to just be! Stop putting pressure on ourselves, it's very relaxing. A new trend that's started in Finland I hear.

Juliet27 Mon 01-Apr-24 13:29:36

I think it means we should pull our socks up!

Doodledog Mon 01-Apr-24 13:47:26

'Do better' is one of those pointless phrases, usually used passive aggressively or to feign concern, as in 'when we know better, we do better'. It's meaningless. Better than what? How is 'betterness' measured - against 'worseness'?

The sentence in the OP is idiotic. How does one 'resituate' oneself? Via the medium of musical chairs?

At my last place of work there was a constant stream of management words phrases that came and went in waves. One was a trend for everyone to be described as 'colleagues', even when the context made it very clear that the people being described as such were viewed as units of labour by those using the term. It was so condescending. Apparently that's been phased out now, as the atmosphere has moved from faux-collegiate to overly adversarial when it comes to industrial relations.

Amalegra Mon 01-Apr-24 14:19:05

Poorly written piece of woke jargon. Completely meaningless and therefore not worth trying to understand!

Seabreeze Mon 01-Apr-24 14:22:23

What is WIA.?