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THURSDAY, 6 JANUARY 2022
They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands.
It will be the most productive minute of the quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- You don't skip leg day. You skip every day. The legs know. The legs…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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