ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Inside every older person is a younger person. The younger person is furious about…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- Every birthday is a gift. The gift is one fewer birthday.
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 444
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