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FRIDAY, 18 MARCH 2005
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
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