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FRIDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2001
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— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
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