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TUESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 1985
You call it "quiet quitting".
Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody can tell the difference. That's the bad news.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
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