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Salviati

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8. Whoever is responsible for that chart should be fired.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Sun May 17, 2020, 05:45 PM

May 2020

The whole point of a chart like that is to convey information quickly, correctly, and succinctly. They're either purposefully lying, or staggeringly incompetent at their job. I don't care which, but either one should cause them to lose their job.

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