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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1988
Romance isn't dead.
It just stopped waiting for a reply to your "hey" from 2022.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
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