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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2004
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- Abs are made in the kitchen. So are toasties. The toasties are undefeated.
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
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