The Reasons for Optimism Thread

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Because holy shit everything is terrible and everyone is bad.

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Neoliberalism has been discredited, providing an opening for a resurgent humanist left in mainstream political discourse for the first time in a good forty or fifty years. That ain't full on optimism, but possibility.
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I got nothing. All I'm praying for is cleansing fire from heaven.
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Because those in charge heart's can't beat forever?
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A cleansing fire from heaven. Because it's being prayed for, and would prove existence of a more merciful God than Prosperity Jesus.

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I got a round trip ticket to Guadeloupe from JFK for $160. The food is delicious and the beer is cold. I haven't read a lick of news in a week.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:29pm
I got a round trip ticket to Guadeloupe from JFK for $160. The food is delicious and the beer is cold. I haven't read a lick of news in a week.
The last several years I've been telling B that we should retire in Costa Rica. Cheap living and a nation without a standing army. And no shovelling snow in January. I'm not making much headway, tho. Then again, I'm skeptical that I'll actually survive to retirement age (wait, is that optimism or not?).
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:38pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:29pm
I got a round trip ticket to Guadeloupe from JFK for $160. The food is delicious and the beer is cold. I haven't read a lick of news in a week.
The last several years I've been telling B that we should retire in Costa Rica. Cheap living and a nation without a standing army. And no shovelling snow in January. I'm not making much headway, tho. Then again, I'm skeptical that I'll actually survive to retirement age (wait, is that optimism or not?).
Consider yourself dissuaded: http://www.govisitcostarica.com/blog/po ... -rica.aspx

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Baseball season is coming.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:38pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:29pm
I got a round trip ticket to Guadeloupe from JFK for $160. The food is delicious and the beer is cold. I haven't read a lick of news in a week.
The last several years I've been telling B that we should retire in Costa Rica. Cheap living and a nation without a standing army. And no shovelling snow in January. I'm not making much headway, tho. Then again, I'm skeptical that I'll actually survive to retirement age (wait, is that optimism or not?).
Two married friends of mine quit their jobs and moved to CR a few years ago — they're doing great and loving it there.

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Mimi wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:42pm
Baseball season is coming.
Now this I can get behind. 😎👌

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Rat Patrol wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:39pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:38pm
The last several years I've been telling B that we should retire in Costa Rica. Cheap living and a nation without a standing army. And no shovelling snow in January. I'm not making much headway, tho. Then again, I'm skeptical that I'll actually survive to retirement age (wait, is that optimism or not?).
Consider yourself dissuaded: http://www.govisitcostarica.com/blog/po ... -rica.aspx
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Inder wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:42pm
Two married friends of mine quit their jobs and moved to CR a few years — they're doing great and loving it there.
I just want to die with the sun on my face and rice and black beans in my gaunt stomach.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Inder wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:43pm
Mimi wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:42pm
Baseball season is coming.
Now this I can get behind. 😎👌
Last baseball season I was happy for like four days. This year I expect we can DOUBLE that!
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tepista wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:56pm
Inder wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:43pm
Mimi wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:42pm
Baseball season is coming.
Now this I can get behind. 😎👌
Last baseball season I was happy for like four days. This year I expect we can DOUBLE that!
You guys always lead the league in playing the game the right way. That's gotta be worth something.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Inder wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:42pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:38pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
25 Jan 2017, 7:29pm
I got a round trip ticket to Guadeloupe from JFK for $160. The food is delicious and the beer is cold. I haven't read a lick of news in a week.
The last several years I've been telling B that we should retire in Costa Rica. Cheap living and a nation without a standing army. And no shovelling snow in January. I'm not making much headway, tho. Then again, I'm skeptical that I'll actually survive to retirement age (wait, is that optimism or not?).
Two married friends of mine quit their jobs and moved to CR a few years ago — they're doing great and loving it there.
Costa Rica is past the knife. I was in Colombia last April and have serious thoughts about calling it home. Guadeloupe is pretty sweet. Look up a Bokit sandwich.
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