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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 1956
Your partner says they'd be lost without you.
They'd be lost for about eighteen months. Then they'd take up pottery.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Make your money work for you. Yours quit in 2019. It works for your…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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