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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2009
Teamwork makes the dream work.
It also means six people are ready to blame you. In writing.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
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