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I Don't Often Lose My Temper But 'inspirational Quotes' Make My Blood Boil
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I am a member of several online forums - local history, genealogy and other interests/hobbies and more and more people are posting cartoonish pictures with so-called inspirational quotes such as 'Every minute is precious, make them count'; 'A mother's love is unconditional, unconditionally love yours'. It makes me want to hurl my computer through the window. Thankfully I am able to quickly hide the posts.
Am I alone in my irrational hatred of such sentimental guff or do some people find inspiration or comfort from them?
Am I alone in my irrational hatred of such sentimental guff or do some people find inspiration or comfort from them?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I know what you mean - things like
"Leave means leave",
"Swamped with immigrants",
"Bent bananas backed",
"£3.5m to NHS",
"Take back control",
"Will of the people".
Just short soundbites which are all sentimental rubbish, mainly unfulfillable, but it takes in the gullible who are unable to comprehend anything more complex. Sadly, short slogans succeed:-)
"Leave means leave",
"Swamped with immigrants",
"Bent bananas backed",
"£3.5m to NHS",
"Take back control",
"Will of the people".
Just short soundbites which are all sentimental rubbish, mainly unfulfillable, but it takes in the gullible who are unable to comprehend anything more complex. Sadly, short slogans succeed:-)
Hc, there are some scary statistics in the article. There's a book just out, full of messages of 'hope, kindness and friendship'. It debuted at no 2 on the nonfiction bestsellers charts. Sales were initially expected to be 10,000, but they've had to order a further 115,000 copies to meet the demands of the UK market alone.
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