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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 20 JANUARY 1973
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
- You'll leave your children everything you have. It's mostly a bread maker and an…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
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