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MONDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1970
You deleted the app "for good".
That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it and posted about deleting it.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You don't have a type. You have a pattern. Your friends have a group…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- In three generations, nobody will remember your name. You don't know your great-grandmother's, so…
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