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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2007
Your Candy Crush streak is on day 212.
The game hasn't been fun since day 30. The streak doesn't care.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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