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THURSDAY, 3 MARCH 1983
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
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