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WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
You say you're "an old soul".
You're 21. The only old thing about you is your phone's battery health.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
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- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
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