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THURSDAY, 21 AUGUST 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
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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