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		newsclues 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scott Adams has died Life and people are complicated and messy. It’s not easy to reduce people to good or bad. Celebrate the good in life, it’s too short to focus and well on the negative.

paulryanrogers 3 months ago [–]

Dwelling on the negative is one thing. Acknowledging the bad with the good is often the point of obituaries and threads like this one.

We don't need to whitewash the world to enjoy the good parts.

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