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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2024
You're not a CEO.
You're one person with a logo, a free email account and nobody to blame.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- You hyped your mate's mixtape. You've never listened to it. Neither has anyone. Including…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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