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TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2025
It's not a career ladder.
It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn and more endorsements than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- Abs are made in the kitchen. So are toasties. The toasties are undefeated.
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
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