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THURSDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2013
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Your 5am routine went viral. You did it once, filmed it, and have slept…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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