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> The same goes for the famous 'Does Fuck All' button on recording mixing desks, which you can use to tell players that you've made the change that they wanted to satisfy them.

This is classic. From [0]:

> When Florence’s mayor, Piero Sorderini told Michelangelo that the nose on his sculpture that he had been commissioned to do of a young David with sling in hand was too big, he did not argue that the nose was just right, Michelangelo merely took the mayor onto the scaffolding and gave the appearance of changing the nose. Sorderini was pleased and no one was offended.

http://48laws-of-power.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-9-win-throug...




Reminds me of just remove the duck

https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2013/06/05/duck/




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