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SUNDAY, 19 OCTOBER 1969
Youth is wasted on the young.
You wasted yours too. Old age is next, and you've got form.
— Zack, unqualified
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- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
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