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FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 2025
Your back now goes out when you sneeze.
It goes out more than you do.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
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