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SATURDAY, 22 JULY 1978
He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped to the bar.
You replied in four minutes. That's the part he was counting on.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone. Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
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