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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- Your fitness journey started on the second of January. It ended on the fourth.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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