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SUNDAY, 5 JANUARY 2025
You say "it's not that deep" a lot.
Your Notes app has 300 entries and every one of them is that deep.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- Being single means nobody steals your duvet. It also means the duvet is the…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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