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THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2019
Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you.
It's not proud. It's given up. Even the bird has moved on.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- Step outside your comfort zone. It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
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