ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- The update is 200GB. Your free afternoon was smaller.
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Your thirties are your twenties with consequences. The hangover lasts until Wednesday and reports…
- You asked the internet whether you were the bad guy. The internet read the…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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