The incomparable Quentin Crisp said that if you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be called a satirist.
Our current reality is like bad satire.
Bodhipaksa
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