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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2021
You said you're "so busy" this week.
Your screen time says eleven hours a day. Busy is one word for it. Scrolling is the other.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- Your savings account isn't empty. It's a memorial.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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