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FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER 1987
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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