# Sick of motivation?  Get despair!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192 "2003-11-14T05:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/1 "2003-11-14T05:34:05Z")

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This is a very refreshing site/sight. I hate motivational posters, so I’m thinking about getting some of this stuff. It’s steep, though.

> **[Home of Demotivators® - The World's Best Demotivational Posters](https://despair.com/)**
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> Motivational posters don't work. But our legendary demotivational posters don't work even BETTER! Browse our famed Demotivators® line and see for yourself!

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/2 "2003-11-14T05:54:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \*  
> \*\*This is a very refreshing site/sight. I hate motivational posters, so I’m thinking about getting some of this stuff. It’s steep, though.
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> [www.despair.com](http://www.despair.com) \*\*

I know someone who gets those “demotivation” calendars every year. Very funny. 🆒 Maybe someone on ebay sells them…

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/3 "2003-11-14T07:03:45Z")

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Just in time for Christmas too. I like [“Potential”](http://www.despair.com/potential.html) in the 2004 collection. 😃

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/4 "2003-11-14T07:06:54Z")

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We just got our catalog in the mail. It will be one of the few that won’t eventually end up in the trash.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/5 "2003-11-14T07:08:13Z")

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Oops…On the back of the catalog it has a photo of a pretty young woman and it says, "Operators are standing by to take your money. Even the key code is funny, but I won’t give it away.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/6 "2003-11-14T16:58:29Z")

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[How true is “Discovery”?](http://www.despair.com/discovery.html)

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-motivation-get-despair/213192/7 "2003-11-14T17:01:06Z")

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As I told my frustrated co-worker just yesterday, “You’ve got to stop pretending to give a damn. It’s the _pretending_ to give a damn that really takes it out of you.”