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FRIDAY, 24 AUGUST 2007
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
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