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MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 1987
You started a podcast with your mate “for a laugh”.
Episode 31 has nine listeners and a sponsor that sells protein water. Neither of you is laughing.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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