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November 17, 2024
existential, misery, transcendant

Misery, but not miserable

Miserable can mean physical poverty, to the point of hunger and despair.

It can also mean emotional unhappiness totally unrelated to your physical state. Misery implies a sort of unending state, or at least not something that passes away in a few minutes. Otherwise it wouldn't be misery, right? A pinprick can be painful, but it doesn't cause misery. A lifetime of pinpricks, there's misery...

I guess I'm in a dark mood today

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