Man Repeller Launched a Text Hotline! Wanna Chat?

Whenever my phone buzzes with the tell-tale vibration of an incoming text message, I experience what can only be described as a Pavlovian response–a mixture of thrill, curiosity, and urgency–to pick it up and read what it says immediately. This reaction has quadrupled in intensity since quarantine began, a communication line turned life line, carrying with it the opportunity to connect intimately with people whose thoughts I want to devour.

Such is the raison d’être behind MR Thoughtline, Man Repeller’s text-based service that has been lighting up phone screens three times daily since social-distancing protocols became the new normal. We started sending messages a week after our office closed, with the intention of providing comfort, inspiration, or simply a space to chat during this unprecedented time of radical isolation. Interested?

Here’s what you’re signing up for…

Either three texts or one select text per day, depending on what you choose when you sign up.
A morning “upshot” message written by Edith that features good news and ways to give back.
Afternoon digital recesses that include easy recipes, WFH outfit challenges, or emotionally resonant “shower thoughts”—basically anything that we think will help you end the day on a high note.
A daily designated “Office Hour” from 2-3pm EST. This is a live textual free-for-all, during which editors tee up a conversation topic (yesterday’s was “What’s the best thing you’ve read recently?”) and our guest texters offer expertise that will level-up your stay-home experience (Recently, Bon Appetit‘s social media manager gave cooking tips, Tidy Tova shared organizational hacks, and our horoscopes expert doled out her highly coveted celestial insights.)
And, because you know we like to spice things up regularly, you can count on any number of special thing to appear spontaneously