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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2003
It's not a career ladder.
It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn and more endorsements than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Beach body ready? The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
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