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+# Git of Despair
+
+## Motivation
+
+It's incredibly frustrating both as a contributor and a maintainer to have
+pull requests sit open for long periods of time.
+
+The goal of 'Git of Despair' is to help call attention to pull requests that
+haven't been updated in ages.