Short for “cool beans”.
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Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
“Launching that product without proper testing might look good on the quarterly report, but we’re cooking with a lead pan if we ignore the long-term brand damage.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
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a group of people fueled through bad decisions, cheap thrills and the smell of their own "confidence." Notorious for their Olympic-level gluttony, their gold medals in greed, and their PhD in failure to see the big picture. They persistently reject others' opinions with the grace of a brick and they see boundaries as suggestions. They come in flocks, you can smell and hear them from a town away, overtalking everyone else while contributing absolutely nothing.
a group of people fueled through bad decisions, cheap thrills and the smell of their own "confidence." Notorious for their Olympic-level gluttony, their gold medals in greed, and their PhD in failure to see the big picture. They persistently reject others' opinions with the grace of a brick and they see boundaries as suggestions. They come in flocks, you can smell and hear them from a town away, overtalking everyone else while contributing absolutely nothing.
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An American basic cable channel owned by and spin-off of Food Network. Both are owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks (69%) and Nexstar Media Group (31%). The channel airs programming related to food and cooking.
In recent years, Cooking Channel has lost carriage with the growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company's HBO Max, and has generally been depreciated by Warner Bros. Discovery in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers.
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