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WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2020
Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams
than you've had about anything since 2011.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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