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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1993
Your company's core values are printed on the wall.
So nobody has to have them.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
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