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THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1987
You typed "speak to an agent" nine times.
The bot sent you a help article about speaking to agents. The agents were let go in March.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- No pain, no gain. You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
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