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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Ghostlighting is when someone disappears for eight weeks and comes back with "you've been quiet".
You weren't. You were just talking to nobody.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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