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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1978
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Fortnite was free to play. It was not free to stop.
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- You went "no contact" with your ex. You still check their Spotify. They're listening…
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
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