ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
They're on a comeback tour.
It's the fourth. They have never been anywhere long enough to come back from.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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