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Demotivators
In the late ’80s and early ’90s when I worked in the corporate world, I would sometimes encounter motivational posters. You know, the ones with a photo with a black border with some motivational slogan about teamwork or some other ostensibly desirable trait. After seeing them a few times, it became tedious, and in later years I discovered “Demotivators,” cynical yet very funny imitations of the originals. Here are a few faves, including one with my late lab, Buster. Yes, there are do it yourself demotivator meme factories.
Please share any favorites or make a new one.
These are so great! So far the droid one and the get to work one are my favorites. I’ve always hated it when we are told to believe in the power of our dreams. 😁
I love that web site.
Nothing makes me as crazy as the stupid corporate slogans and rah rah BS.
Right up there with the inane “Mission” and “Vision” statements.
I never again had to listen to her complain about the men in her life after showing her this:
That is brilliant. And don’t forget, if someone needs to be given the boot for their ineptitude, you can offer that employee some encouragement on the way out, “Have you considered a career in government?”
I hadn’t checked the site in a long time, not since I retired actually, but a lot of my favorites are no longer available.
Maybe if they got some reminders, they could bring them back?
have a look at:
https://despair.com/collections/posters
A lot of them seem to be there.
My personal favorite:
As far as I know, it has never been confirmed in either canon or the Expanded Universe whether or not the Jedi Mind Trick ever wears off.
Like, if the Stormtrooper is presented with incontrovertible proof that they were the droids he was looking for, would he continue to deny it and no evidence would be able to change his mind?
If only the Sith hadn’t been so evil, they totally would have had a point about the Jedi.
And we’re vulnerable to the same sort of error, without any Jedi involvement.
Am I the only one who gets tired of Dilbert’s incessant whining about his job?
You’re an engineer, one of the most in-demand professions there is! If you’re even a half-way decent engineer you can pack up and get a new job with a snap of your fingers, and if you’re even a slightly-better-than-average engineer you should be making six figures with seven-figure stock options at a leading tech firm that is changing the world! If you’re stuck at a crappy company with a crappy boss and you’re underpaid and you waste your time on pointless projects, that’s on you dude! Have you ever considered that maybe you’re a crappy engineer and that’s why you work for a crappy company?!?!
Pant, pant, pant, pant,….
/end of rant
The darkest thing in existence isn’t nothing. The darkest thing in existence is a Black Hole, and a Black Hole is a great big something. If you’re feeling like your life is drowning in darkness, just remember that you can’t even get darkness right you stupid idiot.
Presumably, every victim of the Jedi Mind Trick believes there was no Jedi involvement.
It’s only a cartoon……..:-)
Or we’re just the deterministic output of our biochemical variables. Or as the Calvinists would say, we’re predestined to this.
Well that’s more than just a little demotivating.
The last time I was actually in a black hole, it was all exceptionally bright. It’s as if all the light in the universe were drawn into this one room.
Presumably, every victim of the Calvinist Mind Trick believes there was no Calvinist involvement.
;-)
I think the darkest thing in existence is nothing. The Bootes Void, is a bubble in space about 700 Million light years away from earth, its a bubble in the universe where nothing exists (that we can detect) more than 300 million light years across. The center of this void has to be the darkest place in the universe.
Dilbert has “The Knack” but that doesn’t mean he has anything else that would help with interviewing well, etc, to get a job at a better company.
A new one in today’s “Pearls Before Swing.” Maybe despair.com will turn it into a “poster” soon.