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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You've "been meaning to" for three years.
The thing you meant to do has since been invented, finished and replaced by AI.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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