Parlementary ideas invariably evinced that most thoroughgoing national miserabilism which had impressed poor Damiens [...].
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Miserabilism
//ˈmɪzɹəbəlɪz(ə)m//
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A beautiful-looking slice of British miserabilism, “Fish Tank” traces what happens to a 15-year-old (Katie Jarvis) when her mother’s boyfriend moves into the family’s cramped flat, a story that can be summed up by the lyrics, sung by Nas, that portentously bring the accumulated bleak moments to a close: “Life’s a bitch and then you die.”
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Nobody will ever 'fix' the internet, just as nobody will ever fix the world. But this has never justified giving in to miserabilism about life offline.
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The term “performative miserabilism” has been coined to explain France’s confusing penchant towards self-cynicism.
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