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Pendleton Ward

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

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The Difference Between Ecstatic Sadness and Joy

The difference between a real spaw an the fake smile is the difference between someone picking up a feather andsomeone picking up a bar bell that weighs 80 pounds. It looks like somebody like, bench pressing 300 pounds, like his cheeks are attached to a bar bell, and each cheek weighs thousands of pounsand. But sometimes when i'm like, lifting those weights, it does feel really heavy, which is why i thinkte singing's more effective than just making up a song about your day. And even if the song itself is a song of sadness about your day, it can still turn it into an ecstatic sadness. The ecstasy is not limited to joy. They are ecstatic states of sadness

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