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comment by Ay-Nawn
Ay-Nawn  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When Did Optimism Become Uncool?

Just looks like another swing of the pendulum in the other direction for a bit...

Based off what I've seen, the optimism seems to mask dysfunction (on this note oyster's assessment doesn't look far off) - the counterbalance becomes misplaced pessimism to a fault rather than pragmatics.

But, hey, what do I know. You're born, life sucks, then you die.