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Grief

Normal Grief
1. Denial: "I feel fine."
2. Anger: "I hate everything!"
3. Bargaining: "I'll give you my respect if you..."
4. Depression: "I'm sad."
5. Acceptance: "I'm okay now."

Romantic Grief
1. Denial: "WTF?"
2. Depression: *incoherent sobs*
3. Comfort: chocolate, ice cream, etc.
4. Anger: lighting things on fire, keying cars
5. Doing something to boost self esteem

Debugging Grief
1. Denial: "That can't go wrong, I was really careful"
2. Reproduction of error: "Something's definitely wrong"
3. Use of print statements/debugger
4. Anger: "It's nondeterministic! ARGHH!"
5. Giving up: "Not my problem."