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THURSDAY, 24 JUNE 1976
Your business plan has three phases:
launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
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