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SATURDAY, 10 APRIL 2004
True love is choosing the same person every day.
They're choosing, daily, whether to mention your chewing.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Skipping your daily coffee won't buy you a house. Nothing will. Have the coffee.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
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