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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2005
Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline.
It has the growth rate of a fern in a windowless bathroom, and about the same future.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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