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THURSDAY, 24 APRIL 1986
Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious.
Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it to Tuesday.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
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