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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 1997
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
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
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