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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 10 MAY 1998
You're "chronically online".
Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have a loading icon.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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