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The prayers and programs mostly focused on banal and empty affirmations about being grateful, relieving stress, and sleeping better.

To say that none of this will end well is beyond banal.

Earlier this year, Drew Hancock’s "Companion" drew similarly banal conclusions about how men in power interact in relation to technology.

Theories range from the banal - a lack of will to investigate by an under-resourced and under-paid police force - to the sinister.

That idea is certainly more exciting than the banal truth: pasteurization was developed to prevent foodborne illness.