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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 1967
You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care.
It's been delivered. It's been read. It is now the most caring thing anyone has ever ignored.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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