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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 1957
You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care.
It's been delivered. It's been read. It is now the most caring thing anyone has ever ignored.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- Money can't buy happiness. You'll never have enough to check.
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
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