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SATURDAY, 28 MAY 1994
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You'll never get on the property ladder. The only plot you'll ever own is…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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