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SATURDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 1962
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Mistakes were made. The Notes app has never once said by whom.
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
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