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SUNDAY, 27 MARCH 1988
"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
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- Mistakes were made. The Notes app has never once said by whom.
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- “I'm here for the right reasons.” The reasons are a teeth-whitening deal and a…
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