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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 1980
You are exactly where you're meant to be.
That should frighten you more than it does.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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