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VeggetaX
04/23/24 10:58:20 PM
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Why or why not?

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Dungeater
04/23/24 10:58:59 PM
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it can be used to dismiss legitimate problems/complaints

its not a hard yes/no

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Unknown5uspect
04/23/24 10:59:01 PM
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It coulda been, shoulda been, worse than we will ever know.

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projectpat72988
04/23/24 11:03:15 PM
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Yeah I think it helps you be content with a shit situation. Too much of that is for sure bad.
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WingsOfGood
04/23/24 11:04:22 PM
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Xenogears could have been worse
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nekrodev
04/23/24 11:05:51 PM
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Very bad mindset, imo, especially if you're an American, for instance. Like, "there's starving kids in Africa" holds a lot less weight once you realize - a) there's a lot starving here, too, and b) we probably made that worse in Africa.

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wanderingshade
04/23/24 11:08:08 PM
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I think it's technically a type of logical fallacy.

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WarfireX
04/23/24 11:08:42 PM
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It has its uses. It's not a substitute for putting effort in to improve your situation though.

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Turducken
04/23/24 11:08:51 PM
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I think if it's something you're telling yourself, it's not so bad. Even if it's just fluff, sometimes fluff will help you get through a bad situation. And sometimes it helps you realize the situation actually isn't as bad as you originally thought.

If it's something you're telling someone else, you probably shouldn't. Anytime life takes a shit on me and someone tries to cheer me up by telling me it could've shat more so I should be grateful I want to put their head through a wall. I don't think, coming from someone else, it's ever made me feel better.

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PowerMan5000000
04/23/24 11:09:17 PM
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Not great not terrible

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