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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2020
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
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