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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 27 AUGUST 2004
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- They're taking time away from social media. You know because they posted about it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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