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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY 1978
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- They're on a comeback tour. It's the fourth. They have never been anywhere long…
- They're taking time away from social media. You know because they posted about it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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