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Life, said Marvin dolefully, "loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."
— Douglas Adams · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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An editorial interpretation.
Someone describes existence as a no-win situation: resenting it or ignoring it are both on the table, but genuine enjoyment isn't. It's exaggerated gloom played for a laugh, the kind of flat, theatrical misery that makes ordinary complaining sound almost cheerful by comparison.
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