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TUESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 1975
Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment.
The candles are outnumbering the years you've got left.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
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