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SUNDAY, 30 OCTOBER 1994
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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