Tag Archives: hope

“the absence of hope is a beautiful catalyst”

debs/ October 1, 2022

At the risk of being completely reactionary and petty, speaking ill of my ancestors, and altogether regretting this, here is a curmudgeonly blog post in response to a WhatsApp message that irritated me. Because a blog post in response to a WhatsApp message is what “discourse” (or therapy, rather???) looks like these days.

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“What gives you hope?”

debs/ July 13, 2020

I always cringe at the practically inevitable “What gives you hope?” at the end of an interview, and then double-cringe at the, “Well, I’m an optimist at heart~” that so often follows.

Here are two tidbits I’ve come across recently offer some anti-cringeworthy, if you will, responses which I will be savoring.

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