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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 1 APRIL 2026
Some meetings could have been an email.
You'll spend four years of your one life in them. Nobody took minutes.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 444
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