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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 28 JUNE 1998
Your company's core values are printed on the wall.
So nobody has to have them.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- They're taking time away from social media. You know because they posted about it…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
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