It's not that far out of line with the status quo:

"Indeed, to assess WeWork by conventional metrics is to miss the point, according to [Chief Executive Officer Adam] Neumann. WeWork isn’t really a real estate company. It’s a state of consciousness, he argues, a generation of interconnected emotionally intelligent entrepreneurs."

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/wework-ac...

We are always told by marketing types that what we perceive isn't real; instead, it's always something at least one level above that. Purely designed to manipulate an emotional response from the reader/viewer.

I can say for me it certainly does cause an emotional response, but not the one WeWork or London Trust Media are hoping for.

I dunno, I think it’s an expression of the internet that’s better than the average.

Of all the descriptions of IRC I gotta say, that one definitely does not sound like it comes from a sober mind. Nice Scarface reference btw.

My apologies. What I'm trying to say with that overly-loaded statement is that IRC values people for who they are and doesn't judge a book by its cover.

All good, sorry if we're being too harsh it's just a bit hard to grasp where you're coming from when staring from the outside.

IRC is a protocol.

Then replace "IRC" with "IRC culture"