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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 1974
You bought 41 games in the Steam sale.
You will play two. The other 39 will outlive you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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