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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 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
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- You swore you'd never sound like your parents. You just said "because I said…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
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