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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 20 JANUARY 1982
You call it "quiet quitting".
Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody can tell the difference. That's the bad news.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- Fortnite was free to play. It was not free to stop.
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Coffee doesn't fix Monday. It just makes sure you're fully conscious for it.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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