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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 7 MARCH 1994
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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