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THURSDAY, 1 JULY 1999
Wealth is built slowly.
Debt is built quickly. And it's hereditary.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- True love is choosing the same person every day. They're choosing, daily, whether to…
- The weekend is two days long. Monday is nine emotional days long, and you're…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
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