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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 9 AUGUST 2025
Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year.
Nobody noticed you were gone.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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