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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2004
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- 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 CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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