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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 11 MAY 1964
Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's "just for vibes" and, according to the forecast, the rest of your working life.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- Both sides declared victory. The only clear loser was your Tuesday evening.
- You are a brief arrangement of atoms that learned to worry about emails.
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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