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FRIDAY, 29 JANUARY 2010
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You don't have a type. You have a pattern. Your friends have a group…
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
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