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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 3 MARCH 1980
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
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
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