Perpetual Emotion Machine

 

IN a recent discussion of cynicism, someone said that hers was the result of having been frequently disappointed.   The following comment was made in response:

 

“I have a very good friend who isn’t on Facebook who is kind of in this category. When life kicks you down and then kicks you WHEN you’re down from the time you’re a child and continues to kick harder for not having skills that you should have from a childhood of not-kicking, it tends to make you very skeptical about good things. 

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