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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2001
Strangers online have voted you "not wrong".
The same strangers once voted to give a research ship a silly name. You are the silly name.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
- Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime. They said…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You don't have a type. You have a pattern. Your friends have a group…
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