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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 1984
Your favourite music is now called "a classic".
So are you. It means old.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- You said "this is my year". You've said it since 2019. The years have…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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