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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2002
Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams
than you've had about anything since 2011.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
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