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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 19 JULY 2003
Your savings account isn't empty.
It's a memorial.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast. Combined monthly income:…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Teamwork makes the dream work. It also means six people are ready to blame…
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