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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
You've "been meaning to" for three years.
The thing you meant to do has since been invented, finished and replaced by AI.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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