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SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 2025
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Coffee doesn't fix Monday. It just makes sure you're fully conscious for it.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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