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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 31 JANUARY 1978
You're "on a gap year".
It's your third.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone. Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do…
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
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