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SATURDAY, 17 MAY 2025
Running clears your head.
Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 444
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