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THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER 1963
Parenting is ten percent love
and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is. Then they leave and take both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- You sent "lol" to avoid having feelings. It worked. You feel nothing, said nothing,…
- Being single means nobody steals your duvet. It also means the duvet is the…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
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