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THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1970
The retirement age goes up a year every time you check.
It's not a finish line. It's a horizon.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Money can't buy happiness. You'll never have enough to check.
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