"Karen"
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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At least the video game lemmings look nothing like real-life ones.
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My company is flooded with SMEs who aren’t even good, let alone experts at anything
Fucking “pre-prepare”. Prepare already means to get ready ahead of time.
I do the "eh" thing sometimes without thinking about it but I agree with you, I don't like being on the other end of it either. I'm trying to work on that
'Playing Devil's advocate'.
Mostly because most people who use it do so in glaringly wrong ways.
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"Folks" makes my skin crawl. I feel like it's used to make someone appear friendlier while saying "you people", in the context of being manipulated by someone with power.
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Holding down the fort.
You hold the fort. It's a military term. It's not taking off if you let go of it.
It could become accurate. I mean, with global warming and extreme weather increasing.
that slaps
STFU!