Deirdre

“(did you know that 80 per cent of clothing returns are never resold by brands? It’s cheaper to bin them than use employee time to check they’re not damaged).”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out

“It’s in the paper. They’re not allowed to print it if it isn’t true. Everybody knows that.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Deccie Must Die

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’* sounds wonderful, but I bet you’ve never squinted to read the small print: * ‘Apply to do what you love and end up spending most of your day doing stuff you don’t love but is tangentially connected to the thing that you once loved, and also feel disheartened at the thought that you now know the inner workings of the industry that upholds the thing you once loved and can see all the ways the thing is being ruined by soggy systems and rotten rails.”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out

“It feels like all the words in that sentence make sense on their own, but somehow they’re collectively stupid.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Welcome to Nowhere