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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 6 AUGUST 2004
Strangers online have voted you "not wrong".
The same strangers once voted to give a research ship a silly name. You are the silly name.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
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