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TUESDAY, 30 JULY 1974
Your squad misses you, says the notification.
Your squad is four strangers and a retention dashboard.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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