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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 29 AUGUST 2022
"Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again."
That's also the plan for your job next quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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