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SUNDAY, 13 JULY 2025
You swore you'd never sound like your parents.
You just said "because I said so" in your dad's exact voice. He lives in you now.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
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- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
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