ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front.
Hers was "I have a hard stop at 8:15". Yours was hoping she'd forget. She set an alarm.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
- “Too close to call” means nobody knows. It is said by people paid a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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