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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- The retirement age goes up a year every time you check. It's not a…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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