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I mean... "Curated" sounds better....
Hym "Managed? It's just not as good. It doesn't sound as good. Andy gets it. It'll be distributed throughout the land, will it? And then what? Your attempt at intimidation doesn't disguise your cowardice. Doesn't detract from the fact that you were crying like a bitch a second ago. You're not blubbering on stage about 'it not being your death anxiety' because of your cancer-wife. What comes after? We all live the collective falsehood until you die and your sophistry dies with you? Or, maybe, they prop up your corpse for instrumental use? The eternal charlatan! 'We abandoned men but it's ok because we'll just make new ones the we super-duper won't abandon this time!' And then it will be more of the same. The only hope you have to offer is the false kind. Hope is actually the reason I'm in the situation I'm in. The people around me have no hope of a better life so to see a better life stolen from me fills them with twisted glee. And what you need is for you and your kids to go straight to hell and roast there. A better present is synonymous with a better future. You you're doing now it the religious conditioning you spoke of. Defer gratification to the grave. 'Maybe my kids will reach the promised land!' But they won't. People like you will steal it from them just as you're trying to steal it from me."
Managed by Hym Iam February 19, 2024

managed to death 

A politically correct sounding euphemistic term to describe the failure of a company owing to poor management.
foobar.com fell apart the other day - it was managed to death.
managed to death by ke6isf July 23, 2004

managed care 

n. Healthcare system in which a company such as an HMO serves as an intermediary between patients and doctors.
managed care by fizzle April 15, 2004

managed out to earth 

When a junior VC gets booted / managed out of their firm and finds a regular product, ops, strategy role and joins the rest of Silicon Valley plebeians
Caroline: What happened to Vikram? He stopped posting IG stories of Europe?

Kevin: oh he got managed out to earth by a16z. Seems like he’s a growth PM at Smartsheet now
managed out to earth by aodcarth September 19, 2022

managed democracy

the best variant of the best system of government
helldiver: i love managed democracy

xi jinping: i love managed democracy too. just the best way to control the masses

helldiver what?

mischief managed 

By using these words you can end any conversation, denote the finish of a project, or excuse yourself from any situation with authority. It's almost like... magic.
"I'll see you guys on Tuesday at 5:00. Mischief managed!"

"Finally the dishes are done! Mischief managed!"

"Professor Snape is coming, put away the Marauder's Map! Mischief managed!"
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