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SATURDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2025
"Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel.
You'll still lose.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
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- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
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