Can't a guy engage in some simple hyperbole without it turning into the Four Yorkshiremen sketch? ;) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=225580718397893238

Can't a guy engage in some simple hyperbole without it turning into the Four Yorkshiremen sketch? ;) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2255807183978932387# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2255807183978932387# But I'll say three serious things: 1) Yes, of course nearly everybody in the world is worse off than these guys. 2) No, such facts do nothing to cheer anybody up, however factual they may be: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/richard-cory/ http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/richard-cory/ 3) Empathy is not a zero-sum game, in which giving it to one person implies that you must withhold it from another. Rather, empathy is like a muscle: If you work it, it gets stronger. The opposite is also true: If one makes a habit of sneering at the pain of the rich, one may soon find oneself sneering at the pain of the poor as well. Practice makes perfect.