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MONDAY, 20 MAY 1991
Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday".
Except a manager, and he meant your Monday, not his.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
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- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
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