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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 3 MARCH 1961
You bought 41 games in the Steam sale.
You will play two. The other 39 will outlive you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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