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THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1971
You've "been meaning to" for three years.
The thing you meant to do has since been invented, finished and replaced by AI.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
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