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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
You wanted a mini-me.
You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost to you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- A full review is ongoing. Ongoing is a very comfortable place for a review…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
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