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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1981
You're "chronically online".
Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have a loading icon.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. Your overdraft found it first.…
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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