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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1989
You call your mum "for advice".
You call her for the Netflix password.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- The form needs a form. The second form is not currently available.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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