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A woman tweeted about enjoying coffee in her garden and Twitter hated it. Is everyone miserable right now or what?

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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Coffee Garden Lady - Is That Really Relevant?

This week on CNN, Jarrett Bellini looks at the reaction to coffee garden lady's tweet. She says it was understandable because we live in an online culture built on comparison. People are trained to be happy for people when good things happen to them, but if your life isn't going well, that expectation is draining and can make us bitter or jealous of others' happiness. But she also thinks social media has gotten us to this miserable place where folks are tired of being happy for other people.

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