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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 25 JUNE 2008
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
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THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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