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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 9 MAY 2009
"Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again."
That's also the plan for your job next quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- You don't skip leg day. You skip every day. The legs know. The legs…
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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