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WEDNESDAY, 12 JUNE 1968
You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to something.
They haven't. They've committed to watching your stories within four seconds and replying to nothing.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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