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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call.
With a waitlist, a subscription, and no customers.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
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