And I'm not implying that people do not realise that "graduating" is a euphemism and what exactly is this euphemism for, but the specific usage of the word as well as manufactured mythology surrounding it kind of disarm the concept of losing your job to the point where people are getting sad and emotional over parting with their oishi instead of being reasonably mad and emotional over a human being possibly being cut off from food and shelter for an indeterminate amount of time.