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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 1985
Till death do us part.
Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified end date.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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