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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 12 AUGUST 1979
Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later. Nothing happened.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
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