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FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 1978
You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback.
It cost three new cards and a Sunday. You get roughly 4,000 Sundays. That was one.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
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- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Every subscription you forgot about still thinks of you monthly. That's more than your…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
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