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The Lockup

“HARD TIMES ARE when a man has worked at a job for thirty years—thirty years!—and they give him a watch, kick him in the butt, and say, ‘Hey, a computer took your place, daddy.’”

—Dusty Rhodes Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1985)

“That’s the way it is. It’s down there, and I’m in here. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.”

—Andy Dufresne The Shawshank Redemption

. It’s a word being thrown around an awful lot by wrestling fans these days, especially on social media. Triple H even acknowledged it during the post-Money

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