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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 13 JANUARY 1958
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- In three generations, nobody will remember your name. You don't know your great-grandmother's, so…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
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