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MONDAY, 13 JULY 2020
You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before you'd finished typing.
The children have requested a second opinion. They'll be getting it in 2041, at their own expense.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Nothing says adulthood like being excited about a new kettle. The kettle will outlast…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
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