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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2003
Treat yourself, they said.
You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every one.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
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