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SATURDAY, 7 AUGUST 2004
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
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
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