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I'm not sure it's better than negativity to be honest. Honest negativity is at least honest.
by dinosaurdynasty 4y ago
I'm not sure it's better than negativity to be honest. Honest negativity is at least honest.
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoHonesty, yes, that is what is missing. Why the moral judgments on positive or negative? They both have their place. It’s the moralizing of positive or negative that causes problems in society. And yes, I blame social media because advertisers love focusing on just the positive and not the negative.
- dinosaurdynasty 4y agoThere's definitely some bad toxic negativity (that one British chef that goes crazy with expletives in American shows comes to mind). But "we can't express negativity whatsoever, we must express that everything is totally fine even when we're wading through shit" is its own kind of horrible.
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- skeeter2020 4y agothat's just a unconventional way of describing constructive criticism in my mind though, which can still be done in a positive way.
- dinosaurdynasty 4y agoConstructive criticism isn't toxic positivity. Toxic positivity is "all criticism is negative, therefore no criticism".
- sidibe 4y agoI've been on projects where I'm genuinely more pessimistic and negative than everyone else. I still think if it's not a project that I want to change or own or feel strongly against, it's my duty to not show that negativity. I won't pretend enthusiasm but I will at least fake positivity enough to try to make sure I don't infect the people around me if they are enthusiastic