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THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2004
Don't settle.
Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- You sent "lol" to avoid having feelings. It worked. You feel nothing, said nothing,…
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