We’ve never had it so good. It’s just time we woke up and realised it

TO be happy, these days, is a huge social error. It defines you as shallow and without conscience.

We’ve never had it so good. It’s just time we woke up and realised it

It marks you as an outsider. You don't belong. You are a cringe-making modern leper carrying a small but serious threat of contagion; take that bell with you when you leave so you can warn innocent bystanders. Unclean, unclean, happy person here.

Delight with your daily realities, even contentment with your lot, is severely uncool.

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