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THURSDAY, 28 JULY 2005
Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress".
It said the same when you opened it by accident. It'll keep saying it after you've gone, if nobody cancels the subscription.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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