Birthdays are a pretty big deal where I work, and cubicle decorating has been elevated to an art form. No one has been strangled by a streamer yet, but surely it’s just a matter of time. Furthermore, I fear that the alliterative quality of the phrase “streamer strangulation” might generate some kind of meme (for the internet is dark and filled with terrors). So, by all means, whoop it up on your birthday, but safety first. No one should ever enter a heavily decorated office or cubicle without a buddy.

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