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SATURDAY, 11 JULY 2026
Your friends' group chat went quiet.
It didn't. They made a new one. Same name, one fewer person.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
- Doom spending is buying a heated eye mask because the news was bad. The…
- Coffee doesn't fix Monday. It just makes sure you're fully conscious for it.
- Abs are made in the kitchen. So are toasties. The toasties are undefeated.
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