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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 12 JULY 1994
No pain, no gain.
You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your file.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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