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MONDAY, 18 AUGUST 2003
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
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- Your fitness journey started on the second of January. It ended on the fourth.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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