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MONDAY, 22 MAY 1967
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
- You are a brief arrangement of atoms that learned to worry about emails.
- The battle pass costs £9.99 a season. Your childhood cost nothing and had better…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Underconsumption core is a beautiful aesthetic. It's what the last week of the month…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
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