Upupupu! That's right! At the end of the day, it's people who control hope or despair, how it comes and goes, how it impacts us. Celebrities petting kittens can give us hope, and crazed politicians can plunge us into the depths of despair!

But even then... it'd have to be more than a mega-ton mallet. To bring every person on the planet that far down, it'd have to be a giga-ton. Or a tera-ton. Or a peta-ton! Pe-ta-ton! It even sounds like the whack of a mallet!

[ Inquisitively, he puts his paw to his chin. ]

Do you think someone like that exists?