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THURSDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 1956
Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212.
The game hasn't been fun since day 30. The streak doesn't care.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- “Too close to call” means nobody knows. It is said by people paid a…
- You can't take money with you when you go. Your direct debits, however, will…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
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