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MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 1983
2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Teamwork makes the dream work. It also means six people are ready to blame…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
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