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SATURDAY, 14 AUGUST 1999
Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later. Nothing happened.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- True love is choosing the same person every day. They're choosing, daily, whether to…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
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