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A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 30 DECEMBER 1995
Parenting is ten percent love
and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is. Then they leave and take both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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