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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- You have 47 tabs open. Three are jobs you'll never apply for, one's a…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- You "grew out of" your old friends. They grew out of waiting for you…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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