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FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY 1994
Your squad misses you, says the notification.
Your squad is four strangers and a retention dashboard.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- You have 2,000 followers and nobody to help you move. Your audience is very…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
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