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TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 1993
You swore you'd never sound like your parents.
You just said "because I said so" in your dad's exact voice. He lives in you now.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
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- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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