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SUNDAY, 5 AUGUST 1990
They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands.
It will be the most productive minute of the quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
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