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THURSDAY, 23 MAY 1974
You film "Sunday reset" videos.
By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
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