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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 26 JANUARY 2007
You are a valued member of the team.
So was the last person in your chair. Nobody knows where she went.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
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