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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 1999
You quit your job to "find yourself".
Found you. You're on your parents' sofa, and the Wi-Fi password has been changed.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- You'll never get on the property ladder. The only plot you'll ever own is…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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