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MONDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2021
Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January.
It's been screaming quietly ever since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
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