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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 24 MARCH 2002
Your therapist said set boundaries.
You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m. to explain it for forty minutes.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
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