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November 8, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“Quitting my job to focus on walking”

Working can be bad for one's health, and walking can be good for one's health, so... "quitting my job to focus on walking 20k steps everyday" was posted on X/Twitter by numzz on…

August 5, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Rapunzel! Let down your CVS receipt”

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" is a line from a classic fairy tale. Rapunzel lets down he extremely long hair, and a knight uses it to climb the castle and save her. No one has…

March 29, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Rats will gain immortality before humans because whatever we come up with will be tested on them”

Experiments are often tested on rats before they are tested on humans. This was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on March 24, 2021: "Rats will gain immortality before humans because whatever…

September 20, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Ready, Freddy” (“Ready, Freddie”)

"Ready, Freddie/Freddy" is to be very ready. It is a response to "Are you ready?" asked by someone who is sometimes -- but usually not -- named "Freddy" or…

December 21, 2004
Work/Businesses

“Ready, Willing & Able” (Doe Fund)

"The Doe Fund" is a homeless-advocacy group that was started by George McDonald. "Ready, Willing and Able" is its major program, begun in 1990. Fortunately, it's not named…

April 13, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Real Targét has to be from the Targét region of France, otherwise, it’s just sparkling Walmart”

"Champagne" is sometimes used as a generic term for sparkling wine, but legally, it must come from the Champagne wine region of France. Target stores are often joked as…

May 2, 2006
Work/Businesses

“Real Wood Furniture at Incredible Prices” (Gothic Cabinet Craft)

Gothic Cabinet Craft was founded in 1969 and is one of the Northeast's largest manufacturers and retailers of wood furniture. "Real Wood Furniture at Incredible Prices" is the slogan…

April 18, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Recognize it, admit it, learn from it, and forget it” (handling a mistake)

The syndicated "Ask Ann Landers" newspaper advice column ("Ann Landers" was then the pen name of Eppie Lederer) contained this advice in December 1957: "A mistake can be…

January 2, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Recovery is a process, not an event”

"Recovery is a process, not an event" is a popular statement with many recovery programs. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1978, when it was printed in a California…

May 10, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” (waste management’s “three Rs”)

"Reduce, reuse, recycle" are the famous "three Rs" of waste management. The slogan of "reduce, reuse and recycle" has been cited in print since at least February 1971,…

July 14, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Regular workers must wear small face shields. Managers get to use the super-visors”

"Super-visor" should not be confused with "super-visor," but there are jokes. "Why do managers block the sun's rays so well? Bc they're Super Visors" was…

November 17, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Reinvent the wheel” (to do work unnecessarily when it has already been done)

Wikipedia: Reinventing the wheelTo reinvent the wheel is to duplicate a basic method that has already previously been created or optimized by others. The inspiration for this idiomatic metaphor…

October 5, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Remain calm in every situation because peace equals power”

"Remain calm in every situation because peace equals power" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on November 3, 2012 by Christian author and…

April 9, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Remember back before OnlyFans, when our moms sold Avon and Tupperware?”

"Remember before OnlyFans when your mom just sold Avon?" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, moms who used to sell cosmetics(Avon) are now selling their bodies for…

April 9, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetWork/Businesses

“Remember before OnlyFans when your mom just sold Avon?”

"Remember before OnlyFans when your mom just sold Avon?" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, moms who used to sell cosmetics(Avon) are now selling their bodies for…

April 15, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Remember wishing the weekend would last forever? Happy now?” (quarantine joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many people quarantining in their homes. For people who worked Monday through Friday, it suddenly felt like every day was part of a weekend.…

March 29, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Remember, Mondays are fine. It’s your life that sucks”

Many people do not like Mondays. "Mondays are fine. It's your life that sucks" and “Mondays aren't so bad—it's your job that sucks” are sayings that have been printed…

November 28, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Remember, the only thing standing between you and your dreams is your appearance…”

"Remember, the only thing standing between you and your dreams is..." is a motivational saying. A demotivational twist on this was posted on Twitter by jordan on March 15, 2016:…

September 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Remember: any job can be remote if you disassociate hard enough”

"Any job can be remote if you dissociate hard enough" (or "Any job can be remote if you disassociate hard enough") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. A…

September 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“Remember: any job can be remote if you dissociate hard enough”

"Any job can be remote if you dissociate hard enough" (or "Any job can be remote if you disassociate hard enough") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. A…

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