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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 1998
You're "healing your inner child".
Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult that hasn't opened a letter since March.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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