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So listen up.
 
So listen up.
  
Sales grew by 4% this quarter.
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Sales grew by 4% this quarter...
  
 
Business protip: You can strengthen any presentation by opening with a reminder about how cool immune systems are.
 
Business protip: You can strengthen any presentation by opening with a reminder about how cool immune systems are.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:50, 25 October 2017

Immune System
It also helps with negotiation. "Look, if it were up to me, *I'd* accept your offer, but my swarm of autonomous killer cells literally can't be reasoned with. It's out of my hands!"
Title text: It also helps with negotiation. "Look, if it were up to me, *I'd* accept your offer, but my swarm of autonomous killer cells literally can't be reasoned with. It's out of my hands!"

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My body hosts an autonomous microscopic defensive swarm that will do anything to protect me.

I have no ability to restrain it and I don't know my own power.

So listen up.

Sales grew by 4% this quarter...

Business protip: You can strengthen any presentation by opening with a reminder about how cool immune systems are.


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Discussion

Actually, there are many "biologics" -- drugs that suppress the various facets of the immune system to treat diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis (R.A.). Examples include Enbrel and Remicade. --Pondy (talk) 16:55, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

We have to add a [citation needed] here. 172.68.47.114 18:06, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

[citation needed] 162.158.62.93 19:57, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Is Randall really suggesting using his own immune system as the Bad Cop?

Add a line or two about gullible managers who will believe anything as long as it is presented in a shiny PowerPoint presentation.--162.158.150.46 21:35, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

I'd question the assertion that "Ponytail is delivering an informative report" - more likely it's an uninformative report, which is why she felt the need to spice it up with a sensationalist (and irrelevant) account of her immune system.141.101.98.172 16:24, 27 October 2017 (UTC)