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4->''"You just don't get it, do you!? This self punishment thing! It's too deep for you!! See?! I'm deep now! And that means I do deep stuff! Like this!" ''([[{{Headdesk}} bangs head against wall]])'' "And THIS!" ''(bang)'' "AND THIS!!! (bang)"''
5-->--'''[[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 Penance]]''', ''Deadpool/[=GLI=] Summer Fun Spectacular''
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8[[folder:Fanfiction]]
9->''"I HATE comedies. The world is so shitty, why pretend it's not.'' [sic]"
10-->--'''Raven''', friend of [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie]]
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12
13[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
14->'''Kid 1:''' Hey Goob, what's up? Cool binder!\
15'''Kid 2:''' Hey Goob! Wanna come over to my house today?\
16'''Goob:''' ''They all hated me...''
17-->--''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons''
18
19->'''Jonah:''' IT WOULD BE BETTER IF I WERE DEAD! '''OH, I WISH I WERE BACK IN THAT WHALE!''' ''(sobbing)''\
20'''Khalil:''' You are pathetic.
21-->--''WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie''
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24[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
25->''"Oh Louis, Louis. Still whining, Louis. Have you heard enough? I've had to listen to that for centuries."''
26-->--'''Lestat de Lioncourt''', ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire''
27
28->"[[MemeticMutation EVR'BODY BETRAY ME!]] I FED UP WIT DIS WHIRL! I SHOW DEM!"
29-->-- '''Johnny''', ''Film/TheRoom2003''
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31
32[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
33->"Are pumas known for their whining?"
34-->--'''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''''' on ''Film/ThePumaman''
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36
37[[folder:Music]]
38->''We're all familiar with the tragedy of being you\
39It's hard to show you any sympathy when all you do is beg for pain\
40Baby, someone is crazy and it's you''
41-->--'''Music/JonathanCoulton''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgSa8Ca3iKs "Someone Is Crazy"]]
42
43->''Do you have the time, to listen to me whine''\
44''About nothing and everything, all at once?''\
45''I am one of those melodramatic fools''\
46''Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it''
47-->--'''Music/GreenDay''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwJo0HeNmU "Basket Case"]]
48
49->''I'm seein' this girl and she just might be out of her mind''\
50''She's got baggage and it's of the emotional kind''\
51''She talks about "closure" and that "validation" bit''\
52''I don't mean to be insensitive, but I really hate that shit''
53-->--'''Music/TheOffspring''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Am8bpzpo0 "She's Got Issues"]]
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55->"Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can't communicate, children who can't communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can't communicate. I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up."
56-->--'''Music/TomLehrer''', ''Music/ThatWasTheYearThatWas''
57
58->''Boo fuckin hoo you're not the only one whose life's a piece of shit\
59And yet miraculously somehow we all seem to deal with it\
60Did anybody think that you would really seriously slit your wrists?\
61In fact I think that everybody thinks you're seriously full of shit''
62-->--'''Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence''', "You'll Rebel To Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging)"
63
64->''How can I feel pain?\
65How can I feel pain\
66When you're being so supportive?''
67-->--'''Creator/BillBailey'''
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69
70[[folder:Newspapers]]
71->''The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan.''
72-->--'''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} New Moon]]''
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75[[folder:Stand-up Comedy]]
76->"I tried to hang myself with a bungee cord; I kept ''almost'' dying. I have a paper cut from writing my suicide note. It's a start."
77-->--'''Creator/StevenWright'''
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80[[folder:Video Games]]
81->''"I don't hate you because you're a mage. I hate you because you won't '''shut up''' about it."''
82-->--'''Carver''' towards Anders, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
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84->"We just took the biggest score in the history of scores and you bitches just wanna moan? "My momma never loved me. My friends never loved me. I'm mad because I'm rich. I'm sad because I'm successful." Man, this shit is pathetic, both of you."
85-->--'''Franklin''' to Michael and Trevor, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
86
87->'''Nick Fury:''' Thanks for your help, Spider-Man. There's always a place in this operation for a hero like you.\
88'''Spider-Man:''' [In a Completely Angst Free Tone of Voice] Like I have time for that. I have a trigonometry exam tomorrow, my aunt needs me to pick-up a dozen eggs and I'm ''drowning'' in angst.
89-->--''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes''
90
91->'''Gozu:''' You are always so unkind to me.\
92'''Lo Wang:''' And you sit up here on your self-pitying ass, waiting hand on foot for an immortal narcissist while the people you pretend to care for are victimized. Don't try to tell me you give a shit about humans. Your actions...sorry...''inactions'' tell the story.
93-->--''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2''
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95->''"Have you tried attacking him with your melodrama? 'Cause it's killing me!"''
96-->--'''Daxter''' to Warrior who is moping about his sudden defeat at the hands of Klaww, ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy''
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100[[folder:Web Animation]]
101->''"People love characters who mope all the time! Now most normal people when exposed to high-stress situations without proper training simply shut down at best. Usually, they panic and make things worse. However, when writing an everyman, a writer has only two real choices; either the everyman handles everything flawlessly and simply breezes through the insanity without any explanation, or they start endlessly moping way outside the audience's patience zone. A writer basically only gets one good panic scene and after that the audience expects the everyman to get a handle on the situation. But I think I’m going to push that by having the everyman be extra worthless for most of the story. Maybe I should show how the everyman is gradually acclimating to this new life of adventure in order to have a smooth transition and not irritate the audience with too much whining? No! I like my melodrama at the cost of character development! As it should be."''
102-->--'''JP Beaubien,''' ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', EVERYMAN PROTAGONIST
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104->"I watched an anime once. Dude pulled a gun at the start of the episode, fired it at the end, and everything in-between was angst! I wouldn't mind, but he '''missed!'''"
105-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'''''
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107->"But the essence of a likeable protagonist is that their reactions and emotions in some way reflect our own, and after I've [[GunFu launched myself like a whiskey-powered ballistic missile through a window and shot six armed thugs while sliding along a conveniently placed bowling lane]], I'm on an adrenaline kick. And what I ''don't'' want to hear is a miserable old fart moaning about how he got a '''[[CursedWithAwesome 7-10 split]]''' and how he just fucks everything up, and who is he to think that fucking awesome gunfight in any way adds meaning to his cold and dreary blah blah blah?"
108-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''', ''Videogame/MaxPayne''
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111[[folder:Web Comics]]
112->''"For the love of meat, ''shut up!'' No one wants to hear your emo character background! My hands are ''literally'' melting away, and I'm complaining less than you!"''
113-->--'''K'seliss''', ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''
114
115->''"You don't understand! You ALL understand! I mean... don't understand!"''
116-->--'''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', after his Compy is destroyed, ''sbemail 118: virus''
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118->'''Bob''': You've been reading [[Comicbook/XMen those comics with the mutants]] again, huh?\
119'''Molly''': Oh, but they're ''mature,'' Daddy! All about suffering! I mean, the characters talk about how much they're suffering ''all'' the ''time!''
120-->--''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
121
122->''"At first I loved Simple Plan. Then I realized, with creeping horror, that they were serious."''
123-->--''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/97/]]
124
125->'''Rose:''' Jack, lets talk about your tragic past as a ChildSoldier.\
126'''Raiden:''' NO, ROSE, I ANGST ALONE!
127-->--''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'' - [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Lets Destroy Metal Gear Again!]]
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129->''"I'm so sick of your complaints and tears! On and on about how lonely you are, and how you need a girlfriend! You're nothing but a lowly liar, you solicitor!"''
130-->--'''Jerkhief''', ''WebComic/{{Sonichu}}''
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132->Also WOW LOOK AT THAT ANGST\
133WE NEED MORE ELLIPSES… PEOPLE… BRING ME… '''''MORE.'''''
134-->--'''Evan Stanley''''s [[https://spiritsonic.tumblr.com/post/179374094964/what-killed-amy-knuckles-and-tails-shadow reaction]] towards Shadow's wangst in issue 1 of ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'', [[SelfDeprecation her]] ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fancomic
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137[[folder:Web Original]]
138->''Since Music/{{Morrissey}} is a human [='=]''Shit Happens And Then You Die''[='=] t-shirt hanging in a Hot Topic, he shrugged at cancer and said that if he dies, he dies. '''WHATEVER.''' Don’t expect some ''Fault Of Our Stars''-like philosophy about cancer from Morrissey...I expected him to tell cancer to eat shit and throw itself off of a cliff, and while it’s at it, take the British royal family, meat eaters, China, Jimmy Kimmel, the ''Series/DuckDynasty'' hillbillies, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/EltonJohn, Posh & Becks and (insert everything else that isn’t a vegan cat) with it.''
139-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/10/07/morrissey-has-the-morrissey-iest-things-to-say-about-undergoing-cancer-treatment/ DListed]]''''', "Morrissey Has The [[BuffySpeak Morrissey-iest]] Things To Say About Undergoing Cancer Treatment"
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141->''Other than losing his brother Allie, Holden has no external problems. He is a rich kid living in the most amazing city in the world. Rather than appreciating his good fortune or trying to make the most of his bountiful opportunities, Holden seeks out fruitless conflict. If you still doubt that happiness fundamentally reflects personality, not circumstances, CITR can teach you something.''
142-->--'''[[http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2014/07/what_to_learn_f_1.html Bryan Caplan]]''', "What to Learn From ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''
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144->'''Jack Skellington:''' Who would ever understand? That the Pumpkin King, with the skeleton grin, would tire of his crown?
145->'''Jeremy:''' You work once a year. F*ck you.
146-->--'''''WebVideo/CinemaSins''''' on ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
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148->''Indeed, if you want to be vicious, you can read [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "Day of the Doctor"]] as Moffat going "oh for god’s sake, let’s just [[ArmedWithCanon never have a story like 'A Town Called Mercy' again.]][='=]''
149-->--'''[[https://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/youre-fast-becoming-prey-to-every-clich-ridden-convention-in-the-american-west-a-town-called-mercy Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy "A Town Called Mercy"]]
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151->''There’s this massive drama about bringing Suzie back to life, but she wasn’t exactly scary in the first place…merely a mild annoyance, but this is Torchwood, so ''WE’VE GOT TO TREAT EVERYTHING SERIOUSLY.'' I’ve seen Indira Varma in other programmes (she took part in a dramatisation of Caryl Churchill’s ''Top Girls'' and she was astonishing), but saddling her with the character of Suzie gives her nothing to play about with. It's a dreary performance for a dreary role without a hint of charisma or screen presence. I could feel [[TooBleakStoppedCaring my lust for life ebbing away]] with every second I spent with the character.''
152-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/they-keep-killing-suzie-written-bypaul.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E8TheyKeepKillingSuzie}} "They Keep Killing Suzie"]]
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154->'''Chris''': Yeah, have we been given any reason to like Clark? Any reason at all?\
155'''David:''' [[DesignatedHero He’s Superman, duh!]]\
156'''Chris''': No, he’s [[InNameOnly the Blur.]]\
157'''David''': But he broods more than Batman.
158-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-recap-supergirl-episode-3-season-10/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Supergirl")
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160->''Killed twice and [[WolverinePublicity shot by Batman in his own book]], and now the final indignity. 'I’m [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs not actually a very good hero]],' says Superman '''in the $40 hardcover celebrating 75 years of Superman''', 'Most of the things I do are not important.' ''Well then why the f**k are we supposed to read these comics?
161-->--'''[=ComicsAlliance=]''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/superman-a-celebration-of-75-years-review-dc/ "What DC's 'Superman - A Celebration of 75 Years' Says About Their Character"]]
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163->''I guess instead of saving the world from massive death and destruction and enslavement, Superman should just go around x-raying everyone on the planet to check their health. Although, how's that for universal healthcare. What really makes it worse [[InformedWrongness is that this actually works and Superman feels bad so bad]] he starts his hobo adventures.''
164-->--'''''Blog/ToplessRobot''''' on ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/12/the_5_best_and_5_worst_comics_of_2010.php?page=2 "The 5 Best and Worst Comics of 2010"]]
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166->''"Hey, it's a new plotline in ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', and here, in the very first panel, you can see a brief glimmer of happiness! I think Pam's [[TheUnsmile supposed to be smiling?]] But by panel three, she's already managed, with zero input from anyone else, to talk herself into Funkyverse-typical heavy-lidded depression. Not... ''the food truck rodeo!'' I dunno, I think of a gathering of food trucks in a public space when the weather's nice to be a fun way to spend lunch, but I'm sure we'll find out what's wrong with it soon enough.''
167-->--'''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=22516#comments on]] ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''
168
169->''"You've always insisted that no one can completely understand your problems. That raises the question of why you won't '''fucking''' stop talking about them, then."''
170-->--''[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/horoscope-for-the-week-of-may-5-2004,11947/ The Onion horoscope for Cancer]]
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172->''"A protagonist who is [[CursedWithAwesome cursed with amazing super powers]] and [[ChickMagnet the attention of every attractive woman in the setting]] will come across as juvenile when he complains about it. Especially when a lot of the protagonist’s complaints boil down to “woe is me! Why must I be cursed with awesomeness!” Good God. [[SelfDeprecation It’s like they are intentionally making fun of early 20s JP Beaubien]]. It irritates me because it falls into the same sin I committed during my early college days; stewing in darkness without doing anything about it. Whine, complain, moan, but for God’s sake at least do something about it!"''
173-->--'''[[WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice JP Beaubien]]''', ''[[http://jpbeaubien.com/terrible-writing-advice-chapter-32-grimdark/ My Honest Thoughts on Grimdark]]''
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176[[folder:Web Video]]
177->"Finally, a superhero movie ''made specifically'' [[{{Superdickery}} for assholes.]] Apparently, it's easer than you think to confuse ComicBook/RichieRich for [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara.]]"
178-->--'''Creator/BradJones''' on ''Film/SecretSocietyOfSecondBornRoyals''
179
180->"Nobody will ever understand the torment I feel. The torment of [[CursedWithAwesome an extremely attractive ninja who is lusted after by pretty much every girl he's ever met]]. Mine is indeed a tormented existence. Filled with torment. And girls. Girls with their breasts. They torment me so."
181-->--'''Sasuke Uchiha''', ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow''
182
183->"[[Film/BatmanAndRobin Robin]] is angry because ''heeee wanted to get Mr. Freeeeeze!'' In fact, most of Robin's dialog is just bitching and moaning. You could pretty much just replace his dialogue with ''[incoherent whining]''."
184-->--'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''
185
186->"Why are you all so miserable? CHEER UP! It's nearly Christmas! What's wrong with yah? Yah get presents at Christmas! Here's 10 people in games that really need to stop bitching."
187-->--'''WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}}''', "Top 10 Saddest Sads''
188
189->''"I'm feeling cranky and pubescent today, and I don't know why! I think I'll take it out on people I like! Grrrr!"''
190-->--'''Literature/HarryPotter''', ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals''
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192
193[[folder:Western Animation]]
194->[[LargeHam Leave me allllloooooooone!]] [[ShoutOut I vant to be]] [[Film/GrandHotel ALONE!]] I want to wallow in... ''[[BuffySpeak whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in]]''! ... Do ponies wallow in pity...? OH, listen to me, ''I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in!'' I'M SO ''PATHHHHEEEEEEETIIIIIC!''
195-->--'''Rarity''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]
196
197->"You can't take it from me now! I've had this ice cream bar since I was a child! People... always trying to take it from me! Why won't they leave me... '''[[LargeHam ALOOOONEE!?]]'''"
198-->--'''Ren Höek''', ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', [[Recap/RenandStimpy1x03SpaceMadnessTheBoyWhoCriedRat Space Madness]]
199
200->'''Tombstone engraving:''' "Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams."\
201'''Mr. Krabs:''' …What a baby.
202-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "One Krabs Trash"
203
204->"I suffer dreadfully, and no-one cares."
205-->--'''Henry''', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "Coal"
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208[[folder:Real Life]]
209->"Well, I'm not fucking having that. As much as I fucking like him and all that shit, I'm not having that. I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, fucking saying that they 'hate themselves and they wanna die.' That's fucking rubbish. Kids don't need to be hearing that nonsense."
210-->--'''[[{{Music/Oasis}} Liam Gallagher]]''' on {{Music/Nirvana}}
211
212->''Lyrics like “the promise of heaven, pushed us right back to hell/turned three sevens, back to three sixes again” would be better left in the tear-stained, spiral notebook where they originated.''
213-->--'''James Christopher Monger''' on ''[[Music/{{HIM}} Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice]]''
214
215->''The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. [[TrueArtIsAngsty Only pain is intellectual,]] [[GoodIsBoring only evil interesting.]] This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.''
216-->--'''Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin''', "Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas"
217[[/folder]]

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