asswards energy
The unmistakable vibe radiating from a person, plan, or situation where everything is being approached from completely the wrong direction — a detectable aura of doing it backwards that observers can
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The unmistakable vibe radiating from a person, plan, or situation where everything is being approached from completely the wrong direction — a detectable aura of doing it backwards that observers can sense before the consequences arrive.
This whole business plan is giving major asswards energy — they want to launch the app before building the backend.
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