ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
The best time to start saving was twenty years ago.
The second-best time was also twenty years ago. You missed both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
- Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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