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FRIDAY, 6 MAY 1977
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
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