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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2006
You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend.
You took a photo of grass, posted it, and checked how many people liked the grass.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
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