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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You did the Mannequin Challenge again for old times' sake.
The standing still was flawless. The getting up took a team, a run-up and a noise you'd never made before.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- You'll leave your children everything you have. It's mostly a bread maker and an…
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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