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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 1957
The retirement age goes up a year every time you check.
It's not a finish line. It's a horizon.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- 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.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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