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FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1969
Wisdom comes with age.
So does standing on the landing with no idea why you came upstairs, or exist.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
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