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SUNDAY, 17 MARCH 2024
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
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- The battle pass costs £9.99 a season. Your childhood cost nothing and had better…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
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