6/11/08 Thinking.....

June 11, 2008 / by anacoana

 

Thinking about what to blog today......................

 

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Introducing Demotivators®


MOTIVATION. Psychology tells us that motivation- true, lasting motivation- can only come from within. Common sense tells us it can't be manufactured or productized. So how is it that a multi-billion dollar industry thrives through the sale of motivational commodities and services? Because, in our world of instant gratification, people desperately want to believe that there are simple solutions to complex problems. And when desperation has disposable income, market opportunities abound.

AT DESPAIR, INC., we believe motivational products create unrealistic expectations, raising hopes only to dash them. That's why we created our soul-crushingly depressing Demotivators® designs, so you can skip the delusions that motivational products induce and head straight for the disappointments that follow!

E.L. Kersten, Ph.D.
Founder and COO

 

The War Against Motivation Continues.


For over two decades, the multi-billion dollar motivation industry has unleashed untold suffering upon the workplaces, schools and civil institutions of the world- in the insidious form of the motivational poster. By the millions they have been sold and displayed- these dark instruments of corporate propaganda. While promising to stimulate "Hope", "Success" and "Teamwork", instead these tools of coercion and intimidation have inspired only grief, anger and nausea.

In 1998, one company dared to fight back, as Despair, Inc. introduced Demotivators®, satirical products reverse-engineered from the most powerful motivational posters ever inflicted upon mankind. And now, with the Parody Motivator Generator, we place those very same tools in your less-capable hands- giving you a chance to join us in the battle against an opponent as ubiquitous as it is idiotic. The chance to not only create your very own motivational parodies online, but also to purchase beautiful 11"x14" prints of your designs.


Now, Join The Battle and Make Your Design. http://diy.despair.com/motivator.php

 


Just when you thought Despair couldn't be any less sensitive to our customers' needs, we now have this image available as a Demotivator®. Will the indignity ever end?

 

1 comment on 6/11/08 Thinking.....

  • donnamg said 2 months ago

    Oh, I like this concept...because no matter what people may say, the do think this way at least sometimes.  It really is how people feel a lot of the time...and these Demotivators may help in releasing some of those feelings, allowing people to feel a heck of a lot better.

    "Cleanliness is next to impossible"  I might need one that says this to put in my office.

    "Impatience let's us move on, like the time I don't have for you."  I might like this one at times, too.

    (Hey, those may not be good, but I did make them up all by myself!)

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