ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SUNDAY, 25 JUNE 1978
You received 40 fundraising texts today.
Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You rage quit because the game was rigged. You were also just bad. Both…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- You manifested your dream job. The universe received the request, checked your CV and…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
SEND ME ONE DEPRESSING THOUGHT EVERY MORNING
One quote. Every morning. Delivered before coffee, when you are weakest and the day has not yet had the chance to disappoint you itself.
No spam. Just disappointment. Unsubscribe whenever you regain hope.