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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 1977
Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people.
All of them are "just seeing where it goes". It goes nowhere. It went nowhere with you twice.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline. It has the growth…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- You rage quit because the game was rigged. You were also just bad. Both…
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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