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SUNDAY, 24 JULY 1977
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- Underconsumption core is a beautiful aesthetic. It's what the last week of the month…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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