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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 1958
The hardest part of working out is getting started.
You've made sure it stays the hardest part.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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