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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You say you're "an old soul".
You're 21. The only old thing about you is your phone's battery health.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- Your backlog is a library of things you were going to enjoy. It is…
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- Till death do us part. Not a vow. A fixed-term contract with an unspecified…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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