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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2023
Strangers online have voted you "not wrong".
The same strangers once voted to give a research ship a silly name. You are the silly name.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake. The standing still was…
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- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- Your 47 open tabs are an accurate map of your inner life. Someone will…
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