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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 18 MAY 2025
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.
They were picked first. You're what was left.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
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