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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 28 JUNE 1977
You deleted the app "for good".
That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it and posted about deleting it.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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