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I know that one isn't supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I refuse to take Kirsten Weir seriously by the title of this article alone. "Are you depressed

I know that one isn't supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I refuse to take Kirsten Weir seriously by the title of this article alone. "Are you depressed? Cheer up!" "Are you in a wheelchair? Get up and walk around!" "Struggling with money? Try not being so poor!" The title of that article makes me unreasonably angry.

spaceshipdev 12y ago
"Unreasonably angry? Be reasonably angry!" I know, I know, I just couldn't resist. Kudos though, I concur with one's reaction to this I do.
- jackmaney 12y ago
  That's my secret: I'm always unreasonably angry. [turns around, hulks out, punches space worm]
  - spaceshipdev 12y ago
    Made my evening, thankyou. :-)
    - jackmaney 12y ago
      You're welcome. If only I had more responses such as yours, instead of trolls (whom I refuse to dignify with an actual response). Oh well.
denova 12y ago
It's different! Not being creative isn't the opposite of being cheery. The assumption is that the reader may not see any connection at all between happiness and creativity, and that the association might provide some insight. Though if you're like me and are only happy when you are able to create things, I can see why you would be irked.
- jackmaney 12y ago
  I honestly can't tell if you're trying to troll me or not. Is there any adult alive who hasn't at one point realized that being depressed might--just MIGHT--impact one's ability to be creative?
  - coldtea 12y ago
    Again with "depressed". Not being cheery is not the same as depression. It's a super-set that includes depression cases as a small subset. If only depressed people were moody and grumpy... We'd all be smiling and singing all the time...
coldtea 12y ago
So, you decided to read the article calling people to "cheer up" as something that is addressed only to depressed (and as such futile). Because, really, it's only people who are depressed that don't cheer up, and nobody else is moody/grumpy with no reason and could use the advise, right? Think of the second example you give: "Are you in a wheelchair? Get up and walk around!" If the article had "Get up and walk around!" as the title (in the same way this has "cheer up") would you take it as addressed to people in wheelchairs? What about all the sedetary people that sit in front of a PC or on their couch 24/7 but are PERFECTLY capable of getting up and walking around? The article would be obviously addressing them in that case. So why read this title as addressing "mentally ill/chemically imbalanced" depressed cases?

spaceshipdev 12y ago

"Unreasonably angry? Be reasonably angry!" I know, I know, I just couldn't resist. Kudos though, I concur with one's reaction to this I do.

jackmaney 12y ago
That's my secret: I'm always unreasonably angry. [turns around, hulks out, punches space worm]
- spaceshipdev 12y ago
  Made my evening, thankyou. :-)
  - jackmaney 12y ago
    You're welcome. If only I had more responses such as yours, instead of trolls (whom I refuse to dignify with an actual response). Oh well.

denova 12y ago

It's different! Not being creative isn't the opposite of being cheery. The assumption is that the reader may not see any connection at all between happiness and creativity, and that the association might provide some insight. Though if you're like me and are only happy when you are able to create things, I can see why you would be irked.

jackmaney 12y ago
I honestly can't tell if you're trying to troll me or not. Is there any adult alive who hasn't at one point realized that being depressed might--just MIGHT--impact one's ability to be creative?
- coldtea 12y ago
  Again with "depressed". Not being cheery is not the same as depression. It's a super-set that includes depression cases as a small subset. If only depressed people were moody and grumpy... We'd all be smiling and singing all the time...

coldtea 12y ago

So, you decided to read the article calling people to "cheer up" as something that is addressed only to depressed (and as such futile). Because, really, it's only people who are depressed that don't cheer up, and nobody else is moody/grumpy with no reason and could use the advise, right? Think of the second example you give: "Are you in a wheelchair? Get up and walk around!" If the article had "Get up and walk around!" as the title (in the same way this has "cheer up") would you take it as addressed to people in wheelchairs? What about all the sedetary people that sit in front of a PC or on their couch 24/7 but are PERFECTLY capable of getting up and walking around? The article would be obviously addressing them in that case. So why read this title as addressing "mentally ill/chemically imbalanced" depressed cases?