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THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 1988
The in-office lunch is optional.
The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is writing down who didn't come. Then who did, but looked replaceable.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Mistakes were made. The Notes app has never once said by whom.
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