Unironically.
Next time you hear a ridiculous description of the steps required for a ghost summoning or exorcism, just think about all the emails you have gotten from HR that detail the pointlessly overcomplicated process for clocking in and out of work.
Or when you hear Sony just lost all their emails and you are like… what does that even mean?
It’s all just spirit forces blasting back and forth on a cosmic scale of bullshit and silicon.
There are also analogies with maintaining legacy code bases as software developers:
Sure, I get that, which is why I make the point that the OP may be taking about ritualization. But that isn’t made clear in the original post, and especially with how the post is presented, the OP appears to be actively discouraging that notion. The last sentence is particularly confusing because it’s implying that most if not all company protocols are just as arbitrary and supernatural as attempting to summon a demon.
That is exactly what I am saying?