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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 6 May 2015

    A smartass explains why "Work Intelligent" poster is stupid. http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/smartass-explains-why-work-i.html …pic.twitter.com/CDi3O8gDAM

    8:47 AM - 6 May 2015
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      1. Dave Bancroft #PeoplesVote #GTTO #FBPE‏ @davebancroft 6 May 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing There are 5 people. They can just team up and help each other? :-)

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      1. MatthewJohnJamieson‏ @JamiesonJMatt 6 May 2015
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        @boingboing @neilhimself All that shit could have been expressed by just pointing out that the poster is telling you to cut corners #brevity

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      1. jameshogg‏ @_jameshogg_ 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing Stupid metaphors are hilarious. Source: George Orwell's Politics and the English Language.

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      2. Yanko Oliveira‏ @yankooliveira 6 May 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @vinnycordeiro if you need a drawn metaphore to tell you that you should work smart, you probably aren't able to.

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      1. laben core‏ @labencore 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @Demonkid The intelligent worker would delegate one or more interns to move cubes for him/her.

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      1. Jeffrey Lyon‏ @ddosguru 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing maybe the task was to deliver whatever is at the center of the cube, in which case the sphere guy wins

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      1. Rene Ledesma‏ @rdledesma 6 May 2015
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        “@BoingBoing: A smartass explains why "Work Intelligent" poster is stupid. http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/smartass-explains-why-work-i.html … pic.twitter.com/XrSq2lk6Dn”

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      1. David Gómez‏ @davidgvegan 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @neilhimself Thanks for this, I'll use it as material for a class next week :)

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      1. Liz Staley‏ @adrastuscomic 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @neilhimself My favorite part of that is "That's some Ron Swanson shit right there"

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      2. Signal to nose ratio‏ @RustECoyote 6 May 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @RainRattie shamelessly stolen from a Reddit post without attribution.

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      3. Rain Rat‏ @RainRattie 6 May 2015
        Replying to @RustECoyote

        @RustRattus @BoingBoing Do you have a link? I'd love to give proper attribution.

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      4. Signal to nose ratio‏ @RustECoyote 6 May 2015
        Replying to @RainRattie

        @RainRattie @BoingBoing I'd have to search for it when I get off work

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      1. 3DPhantom‏ @The3DPhantom 19 May 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing Sounds just like me when I argue with teachers. They get frustrated and give in, or send me to someone else I can debate. #logic

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      1. N‏ @codtoy 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @neilhimself the poster is just to convey messages. Relax.

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      1. Stephanie K. Hansen‏ @aTigercubby 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @myrcurial The first student to hand in the exam isn't necessarily the most intelligent student.

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      1. Rosemont Animal Town!‏ @DittmanRat 6 May 2015
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        I love this one: “@BoingBoing: A smartass explains why "Work Intelligent" poster is stupid. http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/smartass-explains-why-work-i.html … pic.twitter.com/9mqW3Vkz8t”

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      1. Ben Sammis‏ @BenSammis 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @neilhimself Not a smartass, an engineer.

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      1. David C. Dunthorn‏ @Cuchelain 6 May 2015
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing @neilhimself Yeah, to really “work intelligently” (correct grammar) I think I’d use a pallet jack rather than carve on it.

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      1. ely with machine‏ @mwhitney_atx 6 May 2015
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        @BoingBoing @MattfDoyle Besides that it should be "Work Intelligently"?

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