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      Basically if number goes up, then that doesn’t really effect your company’s finances and they cannot afford a pay rise. If number goes down, they’re sorry but they need to lay you off.

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      It’s a stock market index, which roughly shows if the market is going up or down.

      In reality it’s more like a casino roulette where everyone is betting based on previous wins.

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    “Hey, if I eat the frag, I won’t have to spend all weekend getting hazed because my NCO found a pube inside my toilet during field day inspection…”

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      Christians: “This war, waged by Christians after a vote won by Christians, isn’t what Christianity really is! It’s actually how I interpret the good parts of the Bible.”