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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 25 AUGUST 1991
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime. They said…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
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