Whelmed. I like that word but I find it strange that the common Internet definitions of it often include "Overwhelmed" as a definition. That is questionable to me. In fact, I am underwhelmed with any positive emotions by that lazy definition. See how that works?
If I am underwhelmed, then I have not yet reached a state of whelmedness, and if I am overwhelmed, then I have surpassed by some measure my long sought-out whelming. Being whelmed is like being full, or like having all of something that you can handle, but not more. It should be thrilling, not scary; It should be fulfilling and not beyond your reach. Being whelmed is like surfing on the edge of disaster, any more and the crash would be spectacular, any less and it would be boring.
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