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FRIDAY, 17 MAY 1974
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
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