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WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023
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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- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
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