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TUESDAY, 1 APRIL 1958
Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once.
They'll merge. You'll be the one let go.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Beach body ready? The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
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