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For all you chronic complainers that offer no solutions:
Psychology Today ^ | June, 2017 | Robert Biwas-Deiner

Posted on 11/09/2020 5:32:42 PM PST by calenel

If complaining is so awful, why is it so prevalent? It turns out that complaining has captured the attention of many of my colleagues. There is a growing body of research addressing complaining: what it is and when and why it happens. To begin with, complaining is simply expressing dissatisfaction. This usually happens verbally, as in the case of two people on a date commenting on the awful dinner they have been served. For consumers, it can happen through online feedback forms or customer service counters—but consumer complaints are a separate matter.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: fakeheadline; psychology; psychologytoday
Some people like to complain. No matter how well something turns out, they gripe. No matter the good news, it's never good enough. Here is an article for reflection. Be proactive and rewire your brain for some positive vibes. Or just sit on the thread and bitch, I don't really care.
1 posted on 11/09/2020 5:32:42 PM PST by calenel
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To: calenel

Thank you! I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t want to read FR sometimes because I am so sick of the whining and negativity.


2 posted on 11/09/2020 5:38:11 PM PST by livius
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To: calenel

Psychologists are idiots, there, I’m done complaining.


3 posted on 11/09/2020 5:41:45 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: livius

You can’t quit FR. My gripes, complaints and rants need read. They need read real bad. Otherwise they’ll be like a tree falling in the forest and nobody around.


4 posted on 11/09/2020 5:45:46 PM PST by BipolarBob (Biden wasn't elected President and Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: calenel

You must care or you wouldn’t have posted it.

And I care too. The article says complainers bring down the people they complain to. Likely with some intention of doing so.

Regardless of what steps R leaders take or don’t take, some here complain.

The only reason so and so is helping Trump is because it’s a double secret top probation dark ops black force 6D operation to make it SEEM like they support him.

:)


5 posted on 11/09/2020 5:47:10 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: mylife
Dammit! I wanted to complain about your post, but I agree with it.

Just darn.

6 posted on 11/09/2020 5:49:42 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
I'm like a regular Svengali...


7 posted on 11/09/2020 5:52:16 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: calenel

The ability to whine, bitch and complain about everyone else’s problems brought on by their own poor decision making ability, is the first step to becoming a progressive liberal, and it is a mandatory step.

An Angry White Conservative like myself, has no empathy and doesn’t give a rats ass if you destroy your life with bad decisions, just don’t ask for me to pay for it. Tomorrow will be a Brand new day, don’t sweat the small stuff.


8 posted on 11/09/2020 5:55:55 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: calenel

From my vantage point, more people complain about what I’m doing, not doing or thinking of doing. I rather enjoy occupying space in their head.


9 posted on 11/09/2020 5:58:22 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: BipolarBob

LOL! Yours I read. Nothing like a good rant - if it’s founded in reason and not just knee jerk. Or knee of the jerk...


10 posted on 11/09/2020 6:06:33 PM PST by livius
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To: calenel
Some people like to complain. No matter how well something turns out, they gripe. No matter the good news, it's never good enough. Here is an article for reflection. Be proactive and rewire your brain for some positive vibes. Or just sit on the thread and bitch, I don't really care.

From your keyboard to God's ears.

11 posted on 11/09/2020 6:08:21 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: dp0622

Actually, this was a response to a post someone else made that I figured deserved its own thread. The article is interesting in its own right.

I don’t care if they sit on the thread and bitch.


12 posted on 11/09/2020 6:10:19 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: livius

I tell the complainers to drag their rear ends outside and behold the wonders of nature.

It seems to work.


13 posted on 11/09/2020 6:12:18 PM PST by cgbg ( Remember 1876--we _can_ do this!)
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To: livius

1) Anyone needing a ride to the polls should have one, even those that are not interested. Bribe them with a party/get together afterwards. 2) No legitimate nominee should lack for funding. 3) The extended time between elections should spent for outreach. That plus eligibility verification.


14 posted on 11/09/2020 6:14:27 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: eyeamok

“An Angry White Conservative like myself, has no empathy and doesn’t give a rats ass if you destroy your life with bad decisions, just don’t ask for me to pay for it. Tomorrow will be a Brand new day, don’t sweat the small stuff.”

Personally, I think that what any group of fully informed, competent, consenting adults does amongst its members is their business. Don’t try to make me pay for it, approve of it, celebrate it or engage in any other form of involuntary participation.


15 posted on 11/09/2020 6:16:44 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: All


Send me the article about the Charlie Brown Republicans that fall for the same scam over and over, and over.

Signed,

Robert Mueller
John Huber
Lindsey Graham
John Huber
John Durham
Michael Horowitz
James Comey
Jeff (Trust in) Sessions


16 posted on 11/09/2020 6:19:38 PM PST by AnthonySoprano
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To: calenel
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
17 posted on 11/09/2020 6:23:16 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: calenel

Anyone is free to complain away. NO ONE IS UNDER ANY COMPULSION TO PAY A WHIT OF ATTENTION.


18 posted on 11/10/2020 11:45:28 AM PST by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: calenel

You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I’ve only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through.


19 posted on 11/10/2020 11:47:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I’ve only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through.”

Clearly you are not Kamala. Her heels only experience air resistance.


20 posted on 11/10/2020 11:56:37 AM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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