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SUNDAY, 3 MARCH 1996
Your friends' group chat went quiet.
It didn't. They made a new one. Same name, one fewer person.
— Zack, unqualified
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- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
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- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- You said "that's so me" about a horoscope. It also described 600 million other…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
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