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THURSDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2000
You bought the yoga mat.
The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible, more mindful and better liked.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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