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SATURDAY, 20 JULY 1963
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— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You don't skip leg day. You skip every day. The legs know. The legs…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Children are a blessing. They're also why the remote is in the bin and…
- You sent "lol" to avoid having feelings. It worked. You feel nothing, said nothing,…
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