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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 5 AUGUST 2007
Your inbox reached zero once.
The server was down. You were briefly free and didn't notice.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
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