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...this putative weakness lies the strength of numbers. Misery loves company, and is abated by the silent camaraderie of a library filled with similar (albeit trivial, in the grand scheme of things) suffering...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Lamont | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

It’s our job to actually take the extra second to go beyond the immediate outrage or cynicism and recognize that, honestly, whatever is causing your struggles is likely trivial. First-world problems are laughable; as such, they should make you laugh, recognize the absurdity of the situation, and move on with being happy. Because here, we have no reason...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden | Title: First-World Problems: Navigating our Struggles | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...angst expressed on the bathroom walls is anything but trivial; scrawled in all sorts of handwriting, the words reveal the raw and very real experiences students were not willing to share while seated on a futon in a common room or around a table in the dining hall...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Writing on the Stalls | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...over bronchitis and my show opens tomorrow!” A statement like this doesn’t sound so incredulous coming from Christine K. L. Bendorf ’10, a Quincy House senior whose passion for theater would never allow her to be stopped by something so trivial...

Author: By Victoria J. Benjamin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Christine Bendorf ’10 | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

While there is never any real fear that the Fosters won’t survive their night in the city, and their marriage never seems in danger of disintegration, such tensions are ultimately trivial. The movie is a comedy, and shouldn’t be treated as anything else. Carell and Fey’s collaboration definitely lives up to the hype and is worth seeing. And the movie also provides a timeless moral: don’t steal someone else’s reservation...

Author: By Lauren B. Paul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Date Night | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

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