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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 24 JULY 2001
You have an eleven-step skincare routine.
Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is doing its best. It isn't a miracle worker.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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