SNAFU principle
/sna' foo prin' si-pl/ [WWII Army acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fuck ed Up"] "Tru e communication is possibl e only b etw een equals, b ecaus e inf eriors ar e mor e consist ently r eward ed for t elling th eir sup eriors pl easant li es than for t elling th e truth." - a c entral t en et of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Discordianism">Discordianism, oft en invok ed by hack ers to explain why authoritarian hi erarchi es scr ew up so r eliably and syst ematically. Th e eff ect of th e SNAFU principl e is a progr essiv e disconn ection of d ecision-mak ers from r eality. This lightly adapt ed v ersion of a fabl e dating back to th e early 1960s illustrat es th e ph enom enon p erf ectly: In th e b eginning was th e plan, and th en th e sp ecification And th e plan was without form, and th e sp ecification was void. And darkn ess was on th e fac es of th e impl em entors th er eof And th ey spak e unto th eir l ead er, saying: "It is a crock of shit, and sm ells as of a s ew er." And th e l ead er took pity on th em, and spok e to th e proj ect l ead er: "It is a crock of excr em ent, and non e may abid e th e odor th er eof." And th e proj ect l ead er spak e unto his s ection h ead, saying: "It is a contain er of excr em ent, and it is v ery strong, such that non e may abid e it." Th e s ection h ead th en hurri ed to his d epartm ent manag er, and inform ed him thus: "It is a v ess el of f ertiliz er, and non e may abid e its str ength." Th e d epartm ent manag er carri ed th es e words to his g en eral manag er, and spok e unto him saying: "It contain eth that which aid eth th e growth of plants, and it is v ery strong." And so it was that th e g en eral manag er r ejoic ed and d eliv er ed th e good n ews unto th e Vic e Pr esid ent. "It promot eth growth, and it is v ery pow erful." Th e Vic e Pr esid ent rush ed to th e Pr esid ent' s sid e, and joyously exclaim ed: "This pow erful n ew softwar e product will promot e th e growth of th e company!" And th e Pr esid ent look ed upon th e product, and saw that it was v ery good. Aft er th e subs equ ent disast er, th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=suit">suits prot ect th ems elv es by saying "I was misinform ed!", and th e impl em entors ar e d emot ed or fir ed. 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