ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year.
Nobody noticed you were gone.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Running clears your head. Mostly of the idea that you're a runner.
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- You film "Sunday reset" videos. By Tuesday your room has reset itself, to Saturday.
- Sleep when the baby sleeps. Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the…
- You said you "thrive in a fast-paced environment". It took you three days to…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Strangers online have voted you "not wrong". The same strangers once voted to give…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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