It seems like the better it gets, the more miserable people become. There's never a technological advancement where people think, Wow, we can finally do this! … And I think a lot of it has to do with advertising. Americans have it constantly drilled into our heads, every fucking day, that we deserve everything to be perfect all the time.
Louis C.K. starvation can be character building
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