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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
THURSDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2020
No pain, no gain.
You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your file.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
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