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FRIDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1969
You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before you'd finished typing.
The children have requested a second opinion. They'll be getting it in 2041, at their own expense.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212. The game hasn't been fun since…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You rage quit because the game was rigged. You were also just bad. Both…
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