A crumpled dark felt hat rests on a wooden stool beside a frosted window in a dim blue-grey room.

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Troy Dyer

Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent.

— Reality Bites · 1994

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The line is phrased as a phone greeting, telling the caller they have reached the winter of our discontent. It turns a phrase of gloom into a wry outgoing message, suggesting a general mood of bleakness delivered with a deadpan, slightly self-mocking tone.

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