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MONDAY, 5 APRIL 1982
Your step counter used to set goals.
Now it just sends "Hello?" like a relative checking you're still alive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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