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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 24 JUNE 2000
Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something.
You do that at work for free.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.
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