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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 28 JANUARY 1979
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
- Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.
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- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
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