Day 1,504: mope

Perhaps Gen Z and millennials the world over have a tendency to mope.

China’s economic malaise is causing disillusion among the young

Artwork of the day 
The Unhappy Lot of the Rich
Maerten van Heemskerck
Date: 1560
Style: Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Genre: allegorical painting
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dimensions: 16.1 x 23.2 cm

Word of the day 
mope: to be unhappy and unwilling to think or act in a positive way, especially because of a disappointment

Quote of the day
“This is a bad idea," moped Adrik.

"I have a surplus of bad ideas," said Nikolai. "I have to spend them somewhere.”

― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves