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
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You're "healing your inner child". Your inner child is fine. It's your outer adult…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- You received 40 fundraising texts today. Democracy needs $5 by midnight. Every midnight.
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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