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FRIDAY, 22 MARCH 1985
The update is 200GB.
Your free afternoon was smaller.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
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