ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- No pain, no gain. You chose neither. Your heart has noted it in your…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- "Per my last email" is the closest you'll ever get to a duel. You'll…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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