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THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER 1996
Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once.
They'll merge. You'll be the one let go.
— Zack, unqualified
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- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
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