12/08/2025
Mark’s cease-and-desist arrived with all the grace of a
missile crashing into a daycare centre.
The Corporation’s finest minds, a term used very loosely,
gathered in the boardroom for what should have been an
emergency strategy meeting, but was, in reality, a circus of
confusion, ignorance, and misplaced confidence.
For the first five minutes, the discussion revolved around
How to pronounce cease and desist.
"Seas and de-sist?"
"Says and desist?"
"Is this Latin?"
Then, after a painfully long silence, someone muttered,
"Carpe Diem?" A new debate began.
"Ah yes, Carpe Diem!"
"That means ‘seize the day,’ right?"
"So what Mark is saying is… he wants us to seize something?"
"Maybe he wants us to seize him?"
"That’s worrying. We should send another letter to HR."
It took another ten minutes before they realised that none
of this had anything to do with the letter.
Eventually, someone actually read it.
And that’s when the real panic began.
The Words That Terrified Them (Sort Of)
The Corporation’s collective IQ was not high, but they
could recognise certain words.
Like…
Unlimited fines
"Well, that doesn’t sound bad."
"No, no. Feeling fine is good, right?"
"Exactly! Unlimited fine must mean we’ll feel
amazing!"
"Oh thank God."
Then…
Prison
"Okay, wait. That one’s bad, right?"
"Yeah, that’s definitely bad."
"Are we going to prison?"
"No, no, let’s stay calm, Karen, check your
calculator."
Karen, of course, wasn’t listening.
She was still mesmerised by the idea of "unlimited fine"
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