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FRIDAY, 9 JULY 1971
Some meetings could have been an email.
You'll spend four years of your one life in them. Nobody took minutes.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
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