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The Surly Birds are defining a generation on Twitter.
If you have a job, if you are gainfully employed, if you do anything at all and are paid for it, you better do your job right – or you’ll be fired. This is reality for everyone in the working world today. Everyone that is, except meteorologists. These atmospheric prognosticators collect their paychecks regardless of how accurate their forecast is – and that’s the one thing they’re paid to do.
Listen, I love this country and democracy and freedom and flags and guns as much as anyone. But. If you’re in a situation where you’re telling someone else, “It’s a free country,” well, you’re probably doing something stupid.
For hipsters, wine is the ultimate sign of the mastery of all things culture. For girls, wine is the ultimate way to show you’re classier than those who would drink “beer” or “jagermeister” or “homemade moonshine.” For guys, wine is the ultimate way to show how you’re mature and rich and potentially gay.
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P.S. Listen, I realize that after the strike people had given up on you. Your games were too “long” and too “boring.” People thought the players were nothing more than greedy, overpaid showmen. Attendance was already at an all-time low and football was quickly becoming America’s favorite past time. That’s when I stepped in.
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