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WEDNESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 1956
You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before you'd finished typing.
The children have requested a second opinion. They'll be getting it in 2041, at their own expense.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Your partner says they'd be lost without you. They'd be lost for about eighteen…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Make your money work for you. Yours quit in 2019. It works for your…
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