It's fed by many factors, including contemporary America's exaltation of brands and an economic pessimism that has parents determined to find and give their kids any and every possible leg up.
Why would pessimism or negativity be an aphrodisiac?
When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers said: 'As pessimism and neuroticism are detrimental to the formation, quality and stability of relationships, this connection between the G allele and psychological disorders might decrease carriers' dating opportunities or lead to romantic relationship failure.
As a salute to the classic Hollywood film noir, Black Coal, Thin Ice combines bleakness and pessimism with just the right amount of wry humor.
" Feeding British pessimism this year: John Terry lost his captain's armband when news broke he'd had an affair with a teammate's girlfriend.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
Mencken (1880 - 1956) My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
