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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
MONDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2025
Quality family time:
everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by the same algorithm.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Children are a blessing. They're also why the remote is in the bin and…
- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
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- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
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