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MONDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1985
You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake.
The standing still was flawless. The getting up took a team, a run-up and a noise you'd never made before.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- 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…
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