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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2009
You call it "quiet quitting".
Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody can tell the difference. That's the bad news.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
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THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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