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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 1981
A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway.
Written down first, so the guilt has paperwork.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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