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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 1969
You said "my For You page knows me so well".
It knows you're awake and lonely at 2 a.m. That's not a gift. That's data.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Your partner says they'd be lost without you. They'd be lost for about eighteen…
- Step outside your comfort zone. It's raining out there, everything costs more, and nobody…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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