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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1957
Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy.
It is also a receipt.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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