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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 8 AUGUST 1956
Step outside your comfort zone.
It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody knows your name.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Your resting heart rate is excellent. It's had nothing else to do.
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
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