ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing.
When you leave, someone will fight over the plant.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up. Eleven kilometres later you'd caught…
- The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- Children are a blessing. They're also why the remote is in the bin and…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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