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THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1985
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
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