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Today is gonna be a, uh, a less bad day. I can feel it. Sometimes I wake up and I just know that everything is going to be... less bad.
— Ally ‧ Ally McBeal
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker sets a modest bar for the day: not a good one, only a less bad one. They claim a hunch, felt on waking, that things will improve slightly. The hesitant phrasing makes the optimism small and self-mocking, hope offered with its expectations deliberately lowered.
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