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Normally I will ignore comments made while at work (or otherwise if I don't feel like the hassle). I won't smile or agree. I'll basically pretend I didn't hear it - change the subject, excuse myself and walk away. If someone pushes to find out where I stand, I am more than happy to oblige in most circumstances. As time goes on, within a bunch of people I know to various degrees (such as at work), I will usually pick up on who it is safe to 'debate' with and who isn't - which means people who are informed and not hyperbolic.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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