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+SB, this was very helpful to me. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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Probably like this. I just typed in "banker+money+elitist+arrogant+powerpoint+new york+stocks+incel" into an AI drawing generator and this was the, somewhat creepy, result. Which perfectly describes certain parts of 'Off Topic' these days. 

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I don't know... Yeah. Almost definitely yes.
 

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