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The Big Picture (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by ReadyUser31@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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elle whenever my boss says "think of the big picture, elle" l'm immediately an astronaut floating silently in space tethered to my ship looking down on earth, and nothing he wants seems important or even relevant really so this strategy has backfired on him more than once is what I'm

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 87 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I love the sentiment, but also, then choosing famously the first untethered spacewalk for the photo. Why even put tethered in there.

Has anyone got something more productive for me to overthink please

[–] flyingsaucerhat@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you think about the big picture instead?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tethered or untethered?

[–] Chemical@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Tethered but with a picture of untethered

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Untethered... and accelerating

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, I can't think of a situation I'd be less stressed in than floating untethered in space.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Fuck that. So many criticality-one potential failures that will kill you.

Please just tether me daddy.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 8 months ago

This was my first reaction as well.