[1rudeboy]

Some people are only happy if they are miserable. They flock to threads with appropriately negative headlines in order to share their misery with others that feel the same way. It’s a pathology.

[LowCountryJoe]

Maybe that's the way I should look at it from now on, then, as though I were intruding in on their pity-party by offering cookies, ice cream, and a big box of tissues. "No, no, I don't want your stinin' goodies or your box of tissues. I'd rather wipe the snot on my sleeves and go hungry!"