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WEDNESDAY, 26 DECEMBER 1962
Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing.
When you leave, someone will fight over the plant.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- The loot box has a 0.5% chance of something good. The studio has a…
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
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