While it may not work for everyone, author David Rakoff prescribes pessimism as a tool for managing anxiety. www.WatchMojo.com speaks with Rakoff about his book, Half Empty, how it originated, and he gives us his personal defense of pessimism.
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I notice that Junot Diaz wears that same zip-up hoodie – perhaps a NY writer’s trend? hmmm…
he was saying a lot of optimistic shit for a pessimist.
hes full of sadness
My defensive pessimism didn’t enable me to watch the video because my realism of the fact that it might depress me fermented… sarcasm ftw
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