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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 2026
Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you.
It's not proud. It's given up. Even the bird has moved on.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 444
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