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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 12 MAY 1974
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- 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…
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