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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
TUESDAY, 31 JULY 1956
The losers stay in office until January.
It's the only job where being fired comes with seven more weeks of power.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Being single means nobody steals your duvet. It also means the duvet is the…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- You rage quit because the game was rigged. You were also just bad. Both…
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- The pothole is on the list. The list is dynamic. The pothole is permanent.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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