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THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1994
Your 5am routine went viral.
You did it once, filmed it, and have slept until 11 every day since. The algorithm doesn't know. Your landlord does.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
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