W30Street-Wisdom 💬🇻🇪 Más inútil que cenicero de moto.
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Teaser
Some inventions come broken from the factory. Like the 40-step approval for five dollars, or the pretty button that does nothing.
TLDR
You put an ashtray on a speeding motorcycle; the wind makes it useless at the root. You use this expression when you want to say something adds nothing, for example when a project task is pointless busywork.Context
Some things are not just bad; they come failed from conception. The law nobody respects, the KPI everyone games, the call to conscience in a place where everyone looks out for themselves.Going deeper
In English
Closest English equivalents include:
- As useful as a screen door on a submarine
- As useful as a chocolate teapot
- Completely useless
- Serves no purpose
The High-Speed Ashtray Tax
When you set up a facade process, the work stays: you eat it, or someone else does. Someone cleans up the mess. That hidden weight breeds resentment and kills the will to try.