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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 30 JUNE 1995
Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call.
With a waitlist, a subscription, and no customers.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- The battle pass costs £9.99 a season. Your childhood cost nothing and had better…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
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