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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 1990
Your back now goes out when you sneeze.
It goes out more than you do.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Limited-time event. Will not return. Neither will your Saturday.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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