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THURSDAY, 3 DECEMBER 1964
You asked the internet whether you were the bad guy.
The internet read the whole post. Especially paragraph four.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
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