Everybody Hurts and cliches are true

[turgidearth]

Right. So my housemate says to me, "how come everyone's so sad these days?" And I say, "wait, I know the answer to that, I wrote it down!":

The emotional cost of living in such a world is enormous. Sadness, rage, fear, and a feeling of overwhelming powerlessness are the constant companions of thinking people."

-Keesmaat and Walsh, some scripture study book or another

Not that this explains why everyone has gotten so down and are breaking up and such this particular year/season.