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SATURDAY, 14 MARCH 2026
Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday".
Except a manager, and he meant your Monday, not his.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
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