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Press X to Despair

Press X to Despair

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Press X to Despair is a weekly audio ritual where a slightly broken monk explains the absurdity of modern work and how to survive it with humour, confusion, and occasional enlightenment

Press X to Despair
Episodes
  • This week I am a distressed pebble

    This week I am a distressed pebble
    Mar 10 2026

    The Monk spends the week being small, worn down, and quietly overwhelmed by forces that insist on calling themselves natural. Thoughts roll. Edges soften. Nothing improves, but it does become smoother.

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    31 mins
  • This week I am cosmic moisture

    This week I am cosmic moisture
    Mar 3 2026

    The Monk becomes something vague, everywhere, and mildly inconvenient. Thoughts condense. Meaning evaporates. Events occur without asking permission. No one agrees on what cosmic moisture actually is, least of all the Monk.

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    35 mins
  • This week I am a tea bag of fate

    This week I am a tea bag of fate
    Feb 24 2026

    The Monk drifts through a series of moments steeped too long and taken far too seriously. Small decisions ripple. Conversations grow bitter. Someone insists this was always meant to happen. The Monk disagrees quietly from the bottom of the cup.

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    35 mins
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