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SATURDAY, 6 AUGUST 1988
You said "my For You page knows me so well".
It knows you're awake and lonely at 2 a.m. That's not a gift. That's data.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
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