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THURSDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 1961
You started a podcast with your mate “for a laugh”.
Episode 31 has nine listeners and a sponsor that sells protein water. Neither of you is laughing.
— Zack, unqualified
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- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
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