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SUNDAY, 6 DECEMBER 1959
You got the ick because they ran for a bus.
You've been single three years and you run for nothing. Including opportunities.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- The game asks if you want to continue. Nobody ever asks if you want…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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