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SATURDAY, 8 DECEMBER 1979
You spent £400 on an ergonomic chair.
You sit on it like a frog. The chair has given up on you too.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- Children are a blessing. They're also why the remote is in the bin and…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
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