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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 6 AUGUST 1965
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Your fitness journey started on the second of January. It ended on the fourth.…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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