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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
You took it in 2016. You've been sitting down since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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