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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
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
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- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
- You flipped a water bottle on Monday morning just to feel something. It landed.…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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