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Everything’s Gonna Be Ok 👌🏻

Nov 26, 2023 · 0:27

Summary

Everything's going to be okay." That's the take from a straphanger offering what might be the simplest, most universal reassurance possible. Everything? Really? Kareem finds himself caught in a philosophical bind: disagree and you're hopeless, agree and you might be naive. It's the kind of optimism that feels both completely empty and oddly necessary, depending on what train you're riding. The rider stands firm. Everything. The whole thing. It'll be fine.

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My take is that everything's going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay. Yeah, like what? Everything? Just everything's going to be okay? Yeah, really. Yeah, everything is going to be okay. I can't tell if I disagree or agree with you there's no reason to disagree. If you disagree, you're hopeless and possibly naive, and if I agree, you are naive but not hopeless.

So what's your take?

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