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FRIDAY, 10 MARCH 2000
Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing.
When you leave, someone will fight over the plant.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- The battle pass costs £9.99 a season. Your childhood cost nothing and had better…
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