I repost this a couple of times a year.

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Partly because it's amusing, and partly because it sums up my feelings about impending doom of all kinds, from personal death to universal apocalypse. The topic of "we're all screwed, and what's to do?" has come up a lot lately. So here's R.L. Stevenson, as quoted in Blyth's Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics, once again.

THE SINKING

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[jessef]

Which is the character you identify with?

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Ten years ago, it was Mr. Spoker. Now I feel more like the Captain.