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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 24 DECEMBER 1991
You said "this is my year".
You've said it since 2019. The years have stopped believing you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
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