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SUNDAY, 14 JULY 1974
Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been quiet".
You weren't. You were just talking to nobody.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- You asked the internet whether you were the bad guy. The internet read the…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
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