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WEDNESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2018
“Just one more game” of FIFA was the most dishonest sentence in the English language.
Then they renamed it. The sentence survived.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
- “I'm here for the right reasons.” The reasons are a teeth-whitening deal and a…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
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