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DAILY DEMOTIVATION

A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION THURSDAY, 2 JANUARY 2025
You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before you'd finished typing.
The children have requested a second opinion. They'll be getting it in 2041, at their own expense.

— Zack, unqualified

VERIFIED
UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
  2. The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
  3. Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
  4. A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
  5. Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
  6. Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
  7. Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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