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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1992
A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph.
The photo will outlast your sanity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
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