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THURSDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 2024
Your step counter used to set goals.
Now it just sends "Hello?" like a relative checking you're still alive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
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- Every subscription you forgot about still thinks of you monthly. That's more than your…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
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