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FRIDAY, 4 MAY 1973
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- Every summit sends a very strong signal. The planet keeps not receiving it.
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
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