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WEDNESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2021
Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you.
It's a debt collector.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your resting heart rate is excellent. It's had nothing else to do.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime. They said…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
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