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Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen.
It will still be on that wall long after your name is off the door.
— Zack, unqualified
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- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Your partner says they'd be lost without you. They'd be lost for about eighteen…
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