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THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 1996
“Just one more game” of FIFA was the most dishonest sentence in the English language.
Then they renamed it. The sentence survived.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You spent £400 on an ergonomic chair. You sit on it like a frog.…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
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