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SUNDAY, 29 JUNE 1986
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
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