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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2025
You call your mum "for advice".
You call her for the Netflix password.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- You pre-ordered it for the cape. The cape is now £3.99 for everyone else.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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