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THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1998
You got a houseplant to "take care of something".
It died. Even the plant had better boundaries than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- “Just one more game” of FIFA was the most dishonest sentence in the English…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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