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THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 1988
Your inbox reached zero once.
The server was down. You were briefly free and didn't notice.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
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