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TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 1987
He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped to the bar.
You replied in four minutes. That's the part he was counting on.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Money can't buy happiness. You'll never have enough to check.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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