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FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
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