[FRIAM] More distraction

[Merle Lefkoff]

Oh no, Steve, I'm not at all that creative, but I sure as hell am very
derivative!

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:46 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> Merle -
>
> Is this of your coinage?  As a word monger (munger?) I do appreciate it's
> aptness for the moment.
>
>  Cassandrafreude.
>
> One definition offered is "the bitter pleasure of things going wrong in
> exactly the way you predicted but no one believed you when it could have
> made a difference."
>
> However...
>
> I think like many sharp things, it cuts both ways.   I'm sure there are
> any number of Red Staters (with or with Red MAGA hats) saying emphatically
> "I TOLE YA!" about the complement of things that Blue Staters (with or
> without Bernie or Biden 2020 hats) are saying.
>
> Remember, my sympathies are mostly with the Blue Caps, but...
>
> People living in small, remote, rural towns where the social distancing is
> built in somewhat and where R0 is naturally lower (and subsequent rates of
> infection)  than in say downtown NYC or Rome or Tehran or Delhi or Tokyo,
> may be saying "see I TOLE YA that citified living is dangerous"  or the
> same people who might only take one airline flight in a year or decade or
> lifetime might say "see I TOLE YA that flitting all around the world is
> crazy business and would lead to no good!" or even more judgementally "see
> I TOLE YA excluding Furriners would keep us safe!" or "see I TOLE YA that
> office/retail/service work ain't righteous, you gotta get yer hands dirty!"
>
> In any case, I enjoyed Cassandrafreude and will probably find it springing
> to mind for the duration...
>
> - Steve
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
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