• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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    I see people badmouthing this but it sounds like a case of 1. It’s easy to forget and stop seeing the beauty that you see every day and 2. A lighthearted corporate goal stated to try to get people to come together and just take a moment to appreciate some of nature’s beauty

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    38 minutes ago

    Just spam “from the river to the sea” all day every day.

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    You have to be kind of a fucked up person if you can’t appreciate the river.

    Rotting in the mines is probably where you belong if you can’t appreciate the river.

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    she doesn’t like being forced to do asinine tasks from a dough brain and at least in the mines your doing something productive and not being a stupid idler like all of society has devolved into lately. a lot of the comment on here suggest that a fair few people either didn’t get that

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    “Imagine diving down to the bottom, expelling all the air from your lungs, and just waiting for the river’s sweet embrace to take you. I hear it’s a surprisingly peaceful way to go. I yearn for that with all my being. Monday mornings, eh? Do these windows open?”

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    12 hours ago

    Later during performance review:

    “I noticed you are having issues staying on task; you need to minimize the distractions around you to make sure this doesn’t become problematic for work”

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    11 hours ago

    This is being hyperbolic, but at least the lordes and tyrants of the past used to just steal your food or murder you.

    These modern replacements like playing with their food.

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    That’s… actually kinda cute? I mean, it has a Michael Scott vibe to it? Like he’s trying really hard to get them to appreciate the river? I believe I might be overusing the questionmark? Oh my god I can’t stop? Send help?

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    A friend told me that as part of a “team bonding exercise” they were asked to sing one of their favorite songs with the lyrics re-worded about their job or company and I am so thankful that this bullshit hasn’t spread to my country yet.

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      うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ
      うっせぇうっせぇうっせぇわ
      私が俗に言う天才です

      Fits perfectly.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      There are so many songs from the labor movement that can easily be modified for the modern office environment, I’m sure your boss will love it.

      🎵 You write 16 reports and what do you get
      🎵 Another day older and deeper in debt

      or

      🎵 My dad was an accountant and I’m an accountants son
      🎵 And I’ll stick with the union till every battle 's won

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      🎵 I know a task that gets on everybody’s nerves…🎵

      🎵Why does this meeting never end🎵

      🎵it just goes on and on my friend🎵

      🎵Some C-suite level jokers heard that number must go up🎵

      🎵This could have been an email but we’ll forever ever wonder…🎵

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        🎵I suffer, but why?🎵 - Napalm Death

        • changed lyric to meet the assignment
        • reflects feelings about the task
        • ends your turn as soon as possible so that the next poor soul gets to participate in this corporate hazing ritual
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    First thing monday morning.

    Looks at river, “If I was in that river Id be so wet right now.”

    Boss starts looking worried.

    “I bet if that river splashed me in the face we’d need two towels to clean it all up!”

    Then I dont need to comment on it again until next monday.

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      From: jrandom@company.tld
      To: everyone@company.tld
      Subject: River observations 2026-04-27

      Everyone,

      I would like to point out that the river appears to be wet. I would also like to observe that I saw at least three (3) separate ducks on the river so far.

      We will revisit this topic next Monday as per company guidelines.

      J. Random
      Widget Testing Dept.

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        Clearly, this needs to be a meeting with 20 people. We need to get consensus on the number and color of ducks, and what to do about them. Plus there’s the more elementary question of whether water can be wet.

        It needs to be 2 hours. The only slot that everyone has free is during lunch, so I booked that.

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      “Boy, that river is moving pretty fast. I bet if I fell in you wouldn’t be able to find my body for weeks…”

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      next week…

      I just want to go down and slowly insert two of my fingers into that river and feel how wet it it! Then id pull them out and watch it slowly run down my arm.

      I bet it smells like fish…

      ok im good until next week!