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SATURDAY, 5 JULY 2014
You said you're "so busy" this week.
Your screen time says eleven hours a day. Busy is one word for it. Scrolling is the other.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
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