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WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 1985
You don't skip leg day.
You skip every day. The legs know. The legs are keeping a list.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
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