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SUNDAY, 16 JANUARY 1972
You "don't do small talk".
You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails or replying. You do "vibes", and nobody can invoice those.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
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