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FRIDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 1978
The loot box has a 0.5% chance of something good.
The studio has a 100% chance of your money.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
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