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WEDNESDAY, 29 AUGUST 1973
Some days you're the pigeon.
Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who you were either.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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