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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1998
You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care.
It's been delivered. It's been read. It is now the most caring thing anyone has ever ignored.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- The best time to start saving was twenty years ago. The second-best time was…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your soulmate is out there. Currently leaving someone better on read.
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
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