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WEDNESDAY, 24 JANUARY 1979
Sleep when the baby sleeps.
Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the mortgage.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You spent £400 on an ergonomic chair. You sit on it like a frog.…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
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