When Leonard Cohen was asked in an interview whether he was an optimist or a pessimist, he replied that he was a post-pessimist. Inspired by Cohen’s response, a youth network in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo decided to name themselves the Post-Pessimists. For Pristina youth, being part of a regional network enabled them to transcend pessimism that reigned in the ‘90s. Addressing what was lacking locally, the Post-Pessimists filled the gap in culture and education left by the home-schools. Active from 1995 to 2003, the Post-Pessimists organized cultural events, concerts, and exhibitions, as well as various photography and journalism workshops. Their main activity was the publication of the magazine under the same name the Post-Pessimists. At first, their office was where Strip Depo café is currently located, later on the former Divan Yoli Street and, after the war, at Santé residential area.