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WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 1999
Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something.
You do that at work for free.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. You took it…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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