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SATURDAY, 2 AUGUST 2008
The battle pass costs £9.99 a season.
Your childhood cost nothing and had better rewards.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
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