ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- The house will be tidy again one day. The day they move out. Tidy,…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Quality family time: everyone on a different screen in the same room, harvested by…
- Every company now has an AI assistant. It's the only member of staff nobody's…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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