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TUESDAY, 30 MARCH 2010
You said "this is my year".
You've said it since 2019. The years have stopped believing you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- No pain, no gain. You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
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