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JMQwilleran Since: Nov, 2011
2021-08-12 21:45:18

I've seen at least one example of this before listed under I Don't Pay You to Think, whic is a similar concept.

BlackFaithStar (Less Newbie)
2021-08-12 22:11:02

Note that actual payment, or non-payment as the case may be, need not necessarily be involved - "I don't pay you to think" is in many cases just as much an attitude as it is a phrase actually spoken out loud.

Yeah, I can see an example of someone stating this and then "you don't even pay me" as a response. So it'd be related in a sense.

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2021-08-13 00:06:37

I've seen this in Rags, as a minor Running Gag where Arthur essentially forgot that Charlie wasn't a paid employee. One line being "That's coming out of your paycheck!" "You don't pay me at all."

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