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SATURDAY, 19 OCTOBER 1968
Quality family time:
everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by the same algorithm.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
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