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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 11 JUNE 1977
You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something.
It landed. Enjoy that. It's the last thing this week that will.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- 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.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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