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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 18 AUGUST 1989
Parenting is ten percent love
and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is. Then they leave and take both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. You took it…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone. Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
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