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SATURDAY, 23 JANUARY 2010
Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday".
Except a manager, and he meant your Monday, not his.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
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