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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- There's someone out there for everyone. Yours married someone else in 2019. They look…
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Nothing says adulthood like being excited about a new kettle. The kettle will outlast…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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