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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 1982
You went "no contact" with your ex.
You still check their Spotify. They're listening to the same sad songs. About a different person.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- “Too close to call” means nobody knows. It is said by people paid a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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