ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- The first email you open on Monday is a reply-all from Friday. Forty replies.…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
- Disrupt the industry. The industry will disrupt you back, then buy your logo for…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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