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THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2003
“Just one more game” of FIFA was the most dishonest sentence in the English language.
Then they renamed it. The sentence survived.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
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