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Culture got you down? Get over it. You'll be happier--and a lot less annoying.(Chuck Klosterman's America)(Column)

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From: Esquire
Date: 20050101
Author:Klosterman, Chuck

"IF I HAD TO CHOOSE between betraying my country and betraying my friend," E. M. Forster once wrote, "I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." This quote teaches us a lot, particularly that dead British novelists made for good drinking buddies and horrible spies. But Forster's sentiment is worth considering. There is no feeling worse than the feeling of betrayal; it is the most soul-pulverizing of human emotions. However, what's been on my mind as of late is kind of the inverse of Forster's quote, which is actually more of a question: What depresses you more--being ...

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