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THURSDAY, 11 JUNE 1992
You wanted a mini-me.
You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost to you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Your job title will outlive you. It's already been posted on LinkedIn, with a…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- You don't have a type. You have a pattern. Your friends have a group…
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