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We vehemently disagree with Ms Wipper’s claim

Everybody knows people who are dreadfully unhappy, and yet can put on a happy face

Hopefully, the new guest pod’s heater fares a bit better… it gets pretty cold down there at night!

people have latched onto this like the philosopher's stone and clung to it

After Pepsi released its ad out into the world, many social-media reactions were tongue-in-cheek offers

I’m 69 later this year — and I’ve had a pretty good run.

painfully slow

It’s not rigid. It has a set of default responses, but they’re extremely malleable to experience.

When you’ve been toiling through the sucking ooze, with submerged roots and branches grabbing at your ankles, dry solid ground feels almost miraculous.

Even though each of these plants are not only highly nutritious, they're quite tasty.

And a bland, plastic, synthetic, universal can’t-tell-one-brand-of-coffee-from-another-brand-of-coffee by contrast makes life flat, uninteresting, and essentially uncreative.

My heart sank

Have a soft spot for someone/something

Adventurer Thor Heyerdahl wrote up his experiences crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus boat and noted his dismay at finding bits of tar and other garbage along the route

The support incited some grumbling

People may scoff at the idea, but once they realize ...

But as utterly terrifying as Jaws has been made out to be, it’s also one of the most visually stimulating spectacles one could ever witness

Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.

stressed-out or agitated