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WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 1998
Your savings account isn't empty.
It's a memorial.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- The weekend is two days long. Monday is nine emotional days long, and you're…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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