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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone.
Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do Not Answer".
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Romance isn't dead. It just stopped waiting for a reply to your "hey" from…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- You "don't believe in labels". You believe in being kept as an option.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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