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TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2025
Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been quiet".
You weren't. You were just talking to nobody.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
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