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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 1971
Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment.
The candles are outnumbering the years you've got left.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Wealth is built slowly. Debt is built quickly. And it's hereditary.
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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