Code-X (3)

By: Joshua Glenn
May 2, 2014

Call this cultural code: Game Face.

Definition: The best response to bad news and dim prospects is not mystical faith or unreasoning hope — but clear-eyed optimism. Small smile, steady gaze.

Notes on this code: These examples gathered during the Great Recession of the late Twenty-Oughts (2003–12, according to my eccentric periodization scheme).

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