The Pessimist http://thepessimist.com Expecting the worst. Never disappointed. Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:50:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The Sochi Olympics Drinking Game http://thepessimist.com/2014/02/06/the-sochi-olympics-drinking-game/ http://thepessimist.com/2014/02/06/the-sochi-olympics-drinking-game/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 01:27:16 +0000 Despair, Inc. http://thepessimist.com/?p=6489 Dreading the boredom and widespread corruption of the Sochi Olympics? Try our drinking game! It's more fun than watching curling! (Everything is!)

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]]> http://thepessimist.com/2014/01/27/the-return-of-bittersweets/feed/ 0 How To Write A Contrarian Thinkpiece http://thepessimist.com/2014/01/21/how-to-write-a-contrarian-thinkpiece/ http://thepessimist.com/2014/01/21/how-to-write-a-contrarian-thinkpiece/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:44:23 +0000 Michael Schaub http://thepessimist.com/?p=6428 You probably think that the online contrarian thinkpiece represents a new low in journalism: a dispensable, reactionary quasi-essay written by a condescending know-it-all, and published by a magazine desperate for web traffic. Well, guess what? You’re wrong, you stupid idiot.…

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]]> http://thepessimist.com/2013/12/13/a-365-day-calendar-with-a-novella-inside/feed/ 0 The 365 Day Journey Continues! Order now! http://thepessimist.com/2013/12/06/the-pessimist-page-a-day-returns/ http://thepessimist.com/2013/12/06/the-pessimist-page-a-day-returns/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:10:28 +0000 Despair, Inc. http://thepessimist.com/?p=6374 It’s HERE! The long-awaited SEQUEL to our smash-hit daily tear-off calendar, THE PESSIMIST, starts shipping next week! And it's more DEPRESSING than EVER! With a smoking-hot new psychiatrist, a break-through new medication, and a Manic-Pixie-Dreamgirl new partner, what could possibly go wrong? (Quite a lot, actually...)

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]]> http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/25/how-to-be-a-disaffected-college-student/feed/ 0 Behind The Scenes of “Who Killed John F. Kennedy?” http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/24/behind-the-scenes-of-who-killed-john-f-kennedy/ http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/24/behind-the-scenes-of-who-killed-john-f-kennedy/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:51:55 +0000 Justin http://thepessimist.com/?p=6243 SPOILER ALERT. If you haven’t yet read Lose Your Own Adventure #1, Who Killed John F. Kennedy?, you probably should skip this post! If you have read it, we hope you loved it! From the reviews on Goodreads and Amazon,…

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]]> http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/24/behind-the-scenes-of-who-killed-john-f-kennedy/feed/ 0 Lose Your Own Adventure #2, “The Glass Ceiling” http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/13/lose-your-own-adventure-2-the-glass-ceiling/ http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/13/lose-your-own-adventure-2-the-glass-ceiling/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:15:36 +0000 Justin http://thepessimist.com/?p=6238 For over a decade, our female customers have asked us to take on workplace sexism. Yet it's a topic far too complex to reduce to a simple poster or t-shirt. It deserves nothing less than a full-on interactive book!

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]]> http://thepessimist.com/2013/09/13/lose-your-own-adventure-2-the-glass-ceiling/feed/ 0 How to Be Outraged on the Internet http://thepessimist.com/2013/08/07/how-to-be-outraged-on-the-internet/ http://thepessimist.com/2013/08/07/how-to-be-outraged-on-the-internet/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:15:34 +0000 Mark http://thepessimist.com/?p=6127 The Internet isn't a place for reasonable discussions. It's a place for incoherent, fiery rage. And with these helpful tips, YOU WILL DOMINATE IT.

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