It isn't so bad...

[The Mikado]

In these bleak times, I'd like each poster to take a shot at finishing the above sentence.

I'll go first:  "It isn't so bad...the Dow could've been down 8000."

OK, that was pretty weak.  Do better.  Come on, all ye Polyannas and cockeyed optimists!

[Sensei]

It could be worse. New Jersey could be under conservatorship.

[King]

It isn't so bad... Al Gore could be our President.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It isn't so bad... my girlfriend could've dumped me for opebo.

[John Dibble]

It isn't so bad... my girlfriend could've dumped me for opebo.

It isn't so bad... at least you've had a girlfriend... douchebag.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

At least I'm still alive ..

[Alcon]

...because this doesn't directly affect me in any discernible way.

I bet you all feel so much better now.

[Lunar]

...because this doesn't directly affect me in any discernible way.

I bet you all feel so much better now.

  What about those of us entering the job market soon who will get paid 10% less, overall, for the rest of our lives?  It's well documented that entering the job market after college with high unemployment just shoves a stick up your career's ass.  It's sort of a compiling effect, you take jobs that are less than ideal, setting you up for a less impressive resume, if you can even get a job, for the next forty years.

It isn't so bad..... I can always beg my parents for money to pay rent when unemployment hits 10%!

[dead0man]

It could be worse, the spotted owl could be extinct.

[Alcon]

...because this doesn't directly affect me in any discernible way.

I bet you all feel so much better now.

  What about those of us entering the job market soon who will get paid 10% less, overall, for the rest of our lives?  It's well documented that entering the job market after college with high unemployment just shoves a stick up your career's ass.  It's sort of a compiling effect, you take jobs that are less than ideal, setting you up for a less impressive resume, if you can even get a job, for the next forty years.

It isn't so bad..... I can always beg my parents for money to pay rent when unemployment hits 10%!

That was a very convincing argument until I noticed that my name was not in it

[Lunar]

what?

I shoot subtly out of howitzers but I don't do good at detecting it.

[Хahar 🤔]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

[exopolitician]

It isn't so bad...

well...

yeah it really is

[Sensei]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

this too...

but you're still a kid and you don't have to worry about coming out of college in a recessed job market.

[Alcon]

what?

I shoot subtly out of howitzers but I don't do good at detecting it.

I was faking narcissism with humorous intent.  emphasis on intent

Even worse now that I've been forced to explain it

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

this too...

but you're still a kid and you don't have to worry about coming out of college in a recessed job market.

Hopefully by 2011 the economy will have turned around ..

[Lief 🗽]

It isn't so bad, because in college, food and shelter was already paid for at the beginning of the semester.

[Хahar 🤔]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

this too...

but you're still a kid and you don't have to worry about coming out of college in a recessed job market.

Hopefully by 2011 the economy will have turned around ..

I won't be working until at least 2020 or thereabouts.

[The Mikado]

Because...there were great movies and music during the last Depression.  "In olden days a glimpse of stocking..."

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

this too...

but you're still a kid and you don't have to worry about coming out of college in a recessed job market.

Hopefully by 2011 the economy will have turned around ..

I won't be working until at least 2020 or thereabouts.

That doesn't mean I have that much time ...

Again, you aren't the only one in this world, Xahar.

[muon2]

It isn't so bad ...

they haven't pulled the plug on the Atlas.

[Хahar 🤔]

It isn't so bad...because my parents still make lots of money.

this too...

but you're still a kid and you don't have to worry about coming out of college in a recessed job market.

Hopefully by 2011 the economy will have turned around ..

I won't be working until at least 2020 or thereabouts.

That doesn't mean I have that much time ...

Again, you aren't the only one in this world, Xahar.

Really?

*gasp*

Aren't you going to get an MBA?

[Lunar]

what?

I shoot subtly out of howitzers but I don't do good at detecting it.

I was faking narcissism with humorous intent.  emphasis on intent

Even worse now that I've been forced to explain it

Lunar is still confused.

One of us is sinking further and further into the hole, I hope it's you!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

...gas prices have been sent tumbling. Which frankly makes this a net plus for me since I don't want to buy a home (like ever), or a new car anytime soon.

Plus Duke is miserable and supposedly lost a ton of cash. That's a REAL day brightener.

[2952-0-0]

...because my student loan has zero interest for the next four years, meaning that soaring inflation will help me.