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SUNDAY, 11 JANUARY 1970
They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands.
It will be the most productive minute of the quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
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