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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2001
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your resting heart rate is excellent. It's had nothing else to do.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212. The game hasn't been fun since…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
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