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WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 1991
The house will be tidy again one day.
The day they move out. Tidy, silent, and you'll hate every inch of it.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The award show ran four hours. The only winner was the advert break.
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- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
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