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THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2012
You got a houseplant to "take care of something".
It died. Even the plant had better boundaries than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
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