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SUNDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1985
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- The award show ran four hours. The only winner was the advert break.
- Every subscription you forgot about still thinks of you monthly. That's more than your…
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
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