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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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Listen to your body.
It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been asking for eleven years.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
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