ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline.
It has the growth rate of a fern in a windowless bathroom, and about the same future.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been…
- You left them on read "to be mysterious". They didn't notice. They were also…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
- Your friends' group chat went quiet. It didn't. They made a new one. Same…
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- Some people run marathons. You run late, and you still come last.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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