(Talking about staff email list purging)
Michael: Alex has had a number of purges. Sort of like Stalin in that way…
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Stacey
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(Michael wants to talk to Stacey)
Michael: People who are Stacey…
Hypothetical
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Evan: This conversation is talking about a hypothetical.
Anna: This conversation isn’t actually real… it’s just hypothetical.
Shit
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(Talking about being copy manager for next year)
Katie: You’ve also established better inter-staff connections, which I think is important. The copy manager needs to be someone who can be like, “This page sucks balls.”
Evan: “What is this shit?!”
Optimal
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Michael: What would be optimal is if the copy manager and editor in chief could travel opposite directions in time so one of them is always awake.
Story time
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Everyone: Story time story time!
Michael: Story time only happens if everyone is quiet and listens intently. AND MULTITASKS.
brillobox
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Emily: Greg didn’t know something?
Anna: He thought brillobox was capitalized.
Michael: It’s in the style guide.
Greg: I’ve told you guys it’s provably false that I know everything.
Celia: That was the one thing he didn’t know. NOW he knows everything.
Overlap
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(Katie is trying to schedule copy editors such different times have different themes, and the discussion turns to people fitting into multiple themes)
Katie: I feel like there can’t be much overlap between sorority girls and gay men…
Battery
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Michael: If you want to drain your battery, play games or stream video.
Celia: But that requires me interacting with my phone for an extended period of time.
Circle of death
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Greg: We should have a circle of death thing here where you look at a page, then I look at it…
Michael: Do you want to look at A2?
Emily: No! You know I can make this a terrible work environment.
Michael: Here you go, Greg.
Emily: No, no! You’re on my shitlist now, Michael.
Anna: And with that, I’m going to go do my performance reviews.