What is there to say about the society that hasn't already been said?

Glorious, innovative, inclusive, supportive, peace-loving.

All of the adjectives have been used to raise up this new world of ours.

But can words lose their meaning if they are only exaltations?

It is possible, yes, to say good day to so many people that we forget that we are actually wishing them to have a good day. We understand

what a bad day can be like, and we do not want that for anyone else.

So we say good day.

But if we really want to mean it, we can't just think about the words good day.

We first must imagine what good means relative to anything else.

We must think about our bad days, our average days,

those days when we long for something better.

And when we meet a stranger or a friend or a colleague, we hope that they will experience good things,

better things than on those other days.

So a more elaborate form of this greeting might be,

I wish for good things to happen to you today because I understand what bad things can feel like.

I want you to have good experiences. For fuck's sake, what is she going on about? I'm sorry, Claire,

but this is the preface to a children's history textbook.

I hope she gets to her point. Good day to you, new director of the DCD. Or actually, you know what?

Average day to you, ma'am. I don't wish bad things upon you necessarily, but I certainly don't know

that you've proven you deserve good things today. So how about an average day? I hope you

step in dog shit and burn your coffee. Oh, you've had enough of my jokes.

Of course, of course, the producer wants me to take it from a more elaborate.

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