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THURSDAY, 20 MARCH 1958
Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen.
It will still be on that wall long after your name is off the door.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
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