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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 23 DECEMBER 1989
The spark never fades.
It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint funeral plan.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up was optional. You ticked "later". This is later.…
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Your squad misses you, says the notification. Your squad is four strangers and a…
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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