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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2009
They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands.
It will be the most productive minute of the quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- Teamwork makes the dream work. It also means six people are ready to blame…
- 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.
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