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Initech

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8. At least it's not the doom and gloom they've been projecting.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 01:40 PM

Jun 2020

The thing is we just don't know - it could be a year, three years, the next decade, forever. Some are just guessing whatever they think is going to happen. Even the worst pandemic in history only lasted 18 months. I can't see this one lasting much longer than that.

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At least it's not the doom and gloom they've been projecting. Initech Jun 2020 #8

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