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Black and white illustration of a city skyline at night. Two spotlights shine into the sky. The left one projects a black bat symbol. The right one projects the handwritten words: "no Worries if not!!"

Bat-Signal Says No Worries If Not

The Bat-Signal gets a polite workplace-email rewrite, with "no worries if not!!" lit up over Gotham. It riffs on Batman's call for help and passive-aggressive office-speak.

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Black and white illustration of a city skyline at night. Two spotlights shine into the sky. The left one projects a black bat symbol. The right one projects the handwritten words: "no Worries if not!!"

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