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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION FRIDAY, 13 JUNE 2008
The hardest part of working out is getting started.
You've made sure it stays the hardest part.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
  2. Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
  3. Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
  4. The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
  5. Monday has its own support group. The group is everyone. The meetings are also…
  6. Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
  7. Fortnite was free to play. It was not free to stop.

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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