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SATURDAY, 12 JUNE 1976
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
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