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ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED

DAILY DEMOTIVATION

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

ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.

— Zack, unqualified

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UNHELPFUL

PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE

  1. Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
  2. Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
  3. You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
  4. Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
  5. They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
  6. Your toddler has stronger opinions about sock seams than you've had about anything since…
  7. You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.

THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR

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