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WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1964
You are a brief arrangement of atoms that learned to worry about emails.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- You got the ick because they ran for a bus. You've been single three…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
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