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
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- 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.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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