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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 29 DECEMBER 1973
The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday.
Forty replies. Four mention you. None kindly.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- 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…
- Children are a blessing. They're also why the remote is in the bin and…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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