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FRIDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1981
You'll never get on the property ladder.
The only plot you'll ever own is two metres deep, and there's a waiting list.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
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