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SATURDAY, 16 AUGUST 1975
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You're "manifesting abundance". The only thing abundant is your payment reminders.
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Underconsumption core is a beautiful aesthetic. It's what the last week of the month…
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
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