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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 1991
Strangers online have voted you "not wrong".
The same strangers once voted to give a research ship a silly name. You are the silly name.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You can't take money with you when you go. Your direct debits, however, will…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
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