The dismal science is a derogatory term for the discipline of economics. Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle used the phrase in his 1849 essay, Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question, in contrast with the then-familiar phrase "gay science" used to refer to the art of troubadours.
[economists like to call economics the dismal science, and they're half right]
Wild read
If I ever play DnD again, i know what my next character is going to be.
[Creates a ProTools session called "GentleGiant_RaconteurTroubadour_GayDiscoRemix.ptx"]
[Deletes it immediately]
no.... keep going
:porky-scared-flipped: :gayroller-2000: