ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Some meetings could have been an email.
You'll spend four years of your one life in them. Nobody took minutes.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- Every parent has a favourite child. It's whichever one isn't currently talking.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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