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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 29 JULY 1986
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- You rage quit because the game was rigged. You were also just bad. Both…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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