oedipus' online complexes

according to British psychologist Doctor Cliff Arnall, a psychologist in the Department of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University, Wales, january 24 is the most depressing day of the year... doctor arnall, who specializes in seasonal disorders. derived this date from a formula he created that takes into account numerous feelings to devise peoples' lowest point... the model is:

[W + (D-d)] x TQ / M x NA

the equation is broken down into seven variables: (W) weather, (D) debt, (d) monthly salary, (T) time since Christmas, (Q) time since failed quit attempt, (M) low motivational levels and (NA) the need to take action.

january 24 also happens to be the anniversary of the first sale of beer in a can, in 1935, by the Krueger Brewing Company, but i'm still not sure which way that tilts the equation...