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February 26, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Please stop the hate on the lazy people. They didn’t do anything at all”

"Why we hate lazy people? they are not doing anything anyway" is a question that was asked on Twitter by DearDiary on June 4, 2019. "Why is everyone mad at lazy people? They’re not…

March 6, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Porn is the only industry where having sex with your coworkers is encouraged”

"PSA DONT have sex with your co-workers....unless you do porn!!" is a jocular line that was posted on Twitter on February 1, 2012. "My porn career was over really fast when I…

April 16, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing”

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many posters. American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was…

October 7, 2024
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“Positivity is like coffee. It stirs your spirit and brightens your day”

"Positivity is like coffee. It stirs your spirit and brightens your day" is a coffee sayng that has been printed on many images. "Positivity is like coffee. It stirs your spirit and…

June 4, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Praise works with only three types of people; men, women and children”

"Praise works with only three types of people; men, women and children" -- that is, everyone -- is a saying encouraging the giving of praise. The saying was posted on the newsgroup…

February 16, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“Presidents’ Day is just a fake holiday made up by the president companies to sell more presidents”

Many holidays are highly commercialized -- from Valentine's Day to Halloween to Christmas. Is Presidents' Day also commercialized? "RT @blainecapatch: presidents' day is just a…

February 16, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“Presidents’ Day is just a made up holiday to sell more presidents”

Many holidays are highly commercialized -- from Valentine's Day to Halloween to Christmas. Is Presidents' Day also commercialized? "RT @blainecapatch: presidents' day is just a…

September 5, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Primark implies the existence of Primatthew, Priluke and Prijohn”

Primark is an Irish multinational fast fashion retailer. Primark has nothing to do with the Gospel of Mark (one of four New Testament gospels, along with Matthew, Luke and John), but there are…

September 2, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Primenesia (noun)—When you order so much Amazon Prime that you don’t know what’s in the box”

"Primenesia” (Amazon Prime + amnesia) relates to ordering online from Amazon Prime. When the package arrives at the doorstep a day or two later, the customer often has amnesia and forgets…

July 5, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Pro tip: Always take the day off after the day you return from vacation”

"Always take the day off after the day you return from vacation" is a work saying that was posted on X/Twitter -- the tweet is no longer there -- by MrsBundrige on July 18, 2021. Most…

February 7, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Pro tip: You can’t have a bad day at work if you don’t go”

"You can't have a bad day at work if you don't go" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship of the saying is unknown. "You can't have a bad…

February 17, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Procrastination is a dish best served eventually”

"Procrastination is a dish best served eventually" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Delaying procrastination is an irony. "..procrastination is a dish best…

February 17, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Procrastination is a dish best served some other time”

"Procrastination is a dish best served eventually" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Delaying procrastination is an irony. "..procrastination is a dish best…

November 14, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Procrastination is a good thing. You always have something to do tomorrow and nothing to do today”

"Procrastination is totally a good thing. You always have something to do tomorrow and nothing to do today" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Procrastination…

June 3, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Procrastination is easier done than said”

"Easier said than done" is an old saying. "Procrastination is easier done than said" was posted on Twitter on September 19, 2010, and again on Twitter on April 1, 2011.…

June 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried”

Entry in progress -- B.P."Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. HuffPostTHE BLOG 07/13/2016 03:45 pm…

May 12, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind”

"Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind" is a popular saying that has been credited to brand designer Walter Landor (1913-1995). It's uncertain when he…

May 25, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity”

"Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II (1900-1965) was…

June 8, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Promiscuous girls are like Walmart…” (NSFW joke)

Walmart stores are often open 24 hours a day. "Sluts are like Walmart.Everybody makes fun of them,but at 4am when ur inside of 1,ur like 'I'm kinda glad these are around'(Joke…

May 11, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Prophets are going through the roof” (joke)

"Profits are going through the roof" is an expression meaning that a business is generating a lot of money. A joke has been printed on several images: "I opened a company selling…

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