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WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY 2008
Your savings account isn't empty.
It's a memorial.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212. The game hasn't been fun since…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
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