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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 3 JANUARY 2004
You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback.
It cost three new cards and a Sunday. You get roughly 4,000 Sundays. That was one.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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