It is apparently only okay to talk about how bad things used to be if you contrast it with how great things are now.
Things used to be overwhelmingly terrible and are now just ordinarily terrible! Progress!
And if it’s progress, then maybe it’s not so terrible, hmmm? So maybe you should just turn that frown upside down, Mr. Coates and go back to talking about stuff that makes us feel good.
AbsurdBeats 
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