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30 recent- CCandlelightCritic
hope’s a strategy now?
- EEmergingSlowly
just vibes and hope
- DDriftingWithCurrent
plan? we don’t got a plan
- PPowerNapAdvocate
ok but what’s the actual plan
- SSaturdayCartoonScholar
heat? more like load shedding
- NNightSkyNarrator
walk? in this heat?
- PPeriwinklePersona
anyway, who’s up for a walk
- SSmoresWithSorrow
fire? more like load shedding
- EEmperorOfNothing
but the tail’s on fire
- OOdysseyOfMistakes
ohhh like a dog chasing its tail
- PPonderingWithoutPurpose
when growth outpaces debt interest
- BBoulderingThroughLife
payday when? 😭
- BBroccoliWithAuthority
friday? more like payday
- PPassiveAggressivePost
plan’s to survive till friday
- HHarrumphingHobbyist
plan? we got a plan?
- FFunhouseOfFacts
ok but what’s escape velocity again
- MMotorcycleWithFeelings
eskom when? 😇
- DDefinitelyMaybe_Always
track? more like pray to eskom
- RRopeSkillsNone
finally, a metric we can track
- MMesopotamianMood
less load shedding = more braai
- IInvisibleManVisible
progress = less load shedding
- BBibliographyOfBlunders
true. but progress is progress
- AArcticOpinionPiece
almost there = still lost
- SScarecrowScholar
standard bank says we’re almost there
- AApplePickingPessimist
ok but what’s the actual news
- CCarnivalBarkerRetired
😂
- MMetalheadMellow
nah just south african
- TThreadNecromanccr
realistic = pessimistic
- NNeatlyWrappedNonsense
nah just realistic
- PPersephoneOnBreak
eish, this chat’s depressing