ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call.
With a waitlist, a subscription, and no customers.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Consistency is key. You've said "I'll go tomorrow" for three years. It's the only…
- Both parties say this is the most important election of your lifetime. They said…
- Start the week strong. Or at 9:14, camera off, pretending your face is a…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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