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MONDAY, 4 JULY 1983
Your friends' group chat went quiet.
It didn't. They made a new one. Same name, one fewer person.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You sent "lol" to avoid having feelings. It worked. You feel nothing, said nothing,…
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