Mole
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Americans are optimistic while Australians are pessimistic.
So when things are going well against our expectations, we are delighted; but when things are going badly for Americans, against their expectations, they panic.
So we must endure American movies with their happy endings, while Americans must endure our deprecatory sense of humour, which they regard as self destructive and pathological.
So we are divided by the seasons, by day and night, and by our disposition to optimism and pessimism.
So when things are going well against our expectations, we are delighted; but when things are going badly for Americans, against their expectations, they panic.
So we must endure American movies with their happy endings, while Americans must endure our deprecatory sense of humour, which they regard as self destructive and pathological.
So we are divided by the seasons, by day and night, and by our disposition to optimism and pessimism.