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SUNDAY, 5 JUNE 1966
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
- Underconsumption core is a beautiful aesthetic. It's what the last week of the month…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
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