ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
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- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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