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5. You're more optimistic than I am

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:38 PM

Jul 10

I am prone to use the past tense, as in “We have lost the battle.”

(I would dearly love to be proven wrong.)

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No one wants to face reality and connect the dots. Irish_Dem Jul 10 #2

Well, let's not say "no one..." OKIsItJustMe Jul 10 #3

we are losing the battle. Irish_Dem Jul 10 #4

You're more optimistic than I am OKIsItJustMe Jul 10 #5