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TUESDAY, 11 MARCH 1969
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
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