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WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 1960
The game asks if you want to continue.
Nobody ever asks if you want to stop.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
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