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MONDAY, 21 OCTOBER 1968
Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year.
Nobody noticed you were gone.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- 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.
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