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TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY 2012
"Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again."
That's also the plan for your job next quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime. They said…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
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