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SUNDAY, 14 APRIL 1963
You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up.
Eleven kilometres later you'd caught three pigeons, a cold and a physio waiting list that will outlive the app.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- Step outside your comfort zone. It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
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