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Shipwack

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32. True but there is a difference between...

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #22)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:27 PM

17 hrs ago

… being discreet about your career for security versus lying about it because you know it’s unpopular.

Also, botanist? WTF? The guy probably doesn’t know the difference between xylem* and a xylophone.

Just say you work for the government and leave it at that.

*basically the cells in a plant that circulate water and nutrients.

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