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WEDNESDAY, 20 AUGUST 2003
Listen to your body.
It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been asking for eleven years.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- 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…
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