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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 1 JANUARY 2010
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- You said "that's so me" about a horoscope. It also described 600 million other…
- You've "found your aesthetic". It's beige. It's always beige.
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
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