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WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 1998
Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.
The printer has better job security.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
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