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Ocelot II

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11. It's corporatespeak, the sort of Karen-ish thing you'd see in an email from your manager

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 10:39 AM

13 hrs ago

reminding you that your TPS reports have been late, or that you aren't wearing enough pieces of flair. In this case it further trivializes something that's already trivial.

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When Trump bellows "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER" on Truth Social, who is he addressing? [View all] Miles Archer 14 hrs ago OP

Putin Johonny 14 hrs ago #1

I think it's corporate privilege memo speech for "You better do what I say" bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #2

Yeah. I remember the good old days of working in the private sector and getting emails that ended with... Miles Archer 14 hrs ago #6

"The king has spoken" orangecrush 14 hrs ago #3

I know, right? It makes him sound like an angry HOA president scolding someone for... Ol Janx Spirit 14 hrs ago #4

This made me lol. yardwork 14 hrs ago #5

Me too, I'm still chuckling. n/t SheilaAnn 6 hrs ago #14

That stupid exclamation point he always uses. NCDem47 14 hrs ago #9

It's Karen demanding to speak to the manager . . . hatrack 14 hrs ago #7

Somebody. Anybody. Nobody. NCDem47 14 hrs ago #8

He's used to getting lawsuit letters that close with "Thank you for your attention." Silent Type 14 hrs ago #10

It's corporatespeak, the sort of Karen-ish thing you'd see in an email from your manager Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #11

He must like the sound of it stillcool 13 hrs ago #12

I think that is the first time I have heard him explicitly acknowledge that tariffs are paid by the US. n/t Ms. Toad 11 hrs ago #13