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WEDNESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 1977
Inside every older person is a younger person.
The younger person is furious about the knees.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
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