This self-pity poisons the fun, rendering even the algorithmic nudity which is surely half the reason that viewers tune in grim rather than hot.

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And it is easy to imagine how this leads to the tar-pit of self-pity.

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Argentines, who have a tendency to self-pity, duly blamed it both for doing this and for not doing it earlier.

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Some were just holding out for something they have never before seen from this President: a flat, clear admission of wrongdoing, stripped of self-pity or sophistry, that would allow them to spank him and move on.

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It raises the probability that Russia will get its economy moving this year or next--and with that, cast off some of the confusion and self-pity that have lately made it so difficult a partner for both America and Europe.

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However, even this gloom can be turned into a positive for those making money from seductionology - you should embrace the self-pity, for having been through a phase as a predatory would-be Lothario leaves you ready for real commitment.

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