• flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      The word maritime means of or near or on or dealing with the ocean. So he made a pun by replacing it with Merit, which is about how worthy or how good at stuff someone is, or if someone deserves something.

      It’s a pretty good pun!

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        worth adding that when an employer hires on “merit” it often disproportionately chooses white men, i.e. why its related to DEI