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andsoitis • today at 9:00 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

I don’t get the meaning of the article subject.


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DangitBobby • today at 9:12 PM

It's a play on "the beatings will continue until morale improves". You obviously can't just beat morale into people, and, knowing that, the audience should understand improvements to a bad situation will not be forthcoming. It's often used for dramatic effect as dark/silly humor when something bad happens.

card_zero • today at 9:14 PM

What, the title? "Until morale improves" is ineptly chosen, because it seems self-deprecating: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/07/15/morale/

Or if not the title, the general context is this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119991

LastTrain • today at 9:07 PM

It is a play on the old joke “The beatings will continue until morale approves.”