ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Scale your business.
Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one candle out of pity.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
- Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone. Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- Your favourite music is now called "a classic". So are you. It means old.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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