negativity is not so bad

[Joseph Brenner]

This ones bit out for awhile:

5 November 2009

But I only just heard about it. [1]

"Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8339647.stm

[1] (a) no one tells me anything
(b) conspiracy of silence by the smiley face crowd.

[Nyx]

RTA "Cheerfulness fosters creativity." Grumpiness only causes
attention to detail.

Nyx

[Joseph Brenner]

Nyx <wayn...@gmail.com> writes:
> Joseph Brenner <do...@kzsu.stanford.edu> wrote:

>> This one's bit out for awhile:

>>
>>   5 November 2009
>>
>> But I only just heard about it.  [1]
>>
>>   "Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'"
>>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8339647.stm
>>
>>  [1] (a) no one tells me anything
>>      (b) conspiracy of silence by the smiley face crowd.
>
> RTA "Cheerfulness fosters creativity."

A claim unsupported by the study at hand, as I remember it.

> Grumpiness only causes attention to detail.

And makes one less gullible.

But in the kingdom of the one-lobed, the bipolar man is king.

[TenshiKurai9]

Smile! It'll make you feel better!

But make it over some twist of misfortune so you can just wipe that
smile off of other people's faces.

-TenshiKurai9, just loves that one about the horrifying, painful death.
So hilarious.

[GryffnStryff]

On Dec 22, 3:54 pm, Joseph Brenner <d...@kzsu.stanford.edu> wrote:
>   "Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'"
>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8339647.stm

I was going to initially say negative and disagree, but now that my
mood's changed into being a bit more cheery, I will agree.

I have noticed that people have used amusement and cheery spirit as a
sort of tool for getting away with the most dastardly things. Must
not really be new knowledge, just perhaps empirically postulated.

Being grumpy and negative: It's a good thing! You can always revel
in happiness about it later.