The sooner we get to it; the sooner we’ll get through it. — A faux positive statement to lighten a heinous situation that will stick with you for the rest of your life.
1) Police homicide photographer documenting the scene of a mass shooting at an American high school:
Well let’s go: The sooner we get to it; the sooner we’ll get through it.
2) Family cleaning out a closet after the death of a loved one:
Well let’s go: The sooner we get to it; the sooner we’ll get through it.
3) An American citizen voting for president in the 2024 election that will determine the destiny of our democracy:
Well let’s go: The sooner we get to it; the sooner we’ll get through it.
This and other techniques like this are taught in cults and at Harvard University. No, I’m not kidding Harvard has a Hap-y-ness Studies Program. It’s designed to control populations and foment political overthrow. They’d “like to teach the world to sing — in perfect harmony.”
A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.
Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.