ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You reinstalled Pokémon Go to get your steps up.
Eleven kilometres later you'd caught three pigeons, a cold and a physio waiting list that will outlive the app.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
- Early access means you paid to watch someone not finish something. You do that…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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