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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 1977
Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212.
The game hasn't been fun since day 30. The streak doesn't care.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Beach body ready? The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't…
- Your thirties are your twenties with consequences. The hangover lasts until Wednesday and reports…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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