Welcome to The Murphy Memos!
Have you ever noticed that existing is actually pretty traumatic?
We’re all destined to die and become worm food one day. You. Me. Everyone you know. Everyone you’ve ever heard of. Is it possible to be okay despite knowing this?
Hell if I know. But I do know one thing: if you don’t laugh, you cry.
I choose to laugh. I hope you do too.
Who tf is Max Murphy?
Max Murphy is an existential imbecile. A disillusioned doofus. A recovering doomer. He’s failed at everything he’s ever done and created this crappy newsletter in a madcap bid to understand life’s biggest conundrum: what the fuck are we doing here?
Before writing this newsletter, Max spent his time desperately trying to grow YouTube channels. He live tweeted the subsequent mental breakdown here:
Why do you write The Murphy Memos?
“
Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand.” —Spinoza
You’ll like this newsletter if you:
have a mental illness
are a doomer but laugh anyway
live in the liminal space between sanity and madness
What to expect from this cringe compilation of a newsletter?
Essays: Cursed sentence compilations with dangerously thoughtful ‘contributions’ to ‘the discourse.’
The Murphy Medley: amateurly curated lists of movies, literature, & other media.
The Murphy Monologues: an extremely long-winded podcast.
Discovering Your Personhood
Max: Tell me, who are you?
You: I am John Smith.
Max: That’s your name. Tell me who you are.
You: I’m a digital marketer.
Max: That’s what you do. Tell me who you are.
You: …I’m a paid member of The Murphy Memos.
Max:
Paid members unlock…
The Esoteric Teachings of Max Murphy
As a paid member, you get to see behind the mask. The raw writing and vulnerability most writers hide from the world—even themselves. I’m out here selling it. The least you can do is toss a nickel into my heart-shaped, digital tin can.
