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WEDNESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2003
Remember when you stayed up late on purpose?
Now you're up at 3am because your knee filed a complaint.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
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