Which Is Worse? Overly Defensive or Overly Pessimistic

[Zkuq]

firebush03 said:

Zkuq said:

Why do we have so many winning takes so early in threads these days. It's like the userbase is pretty mature or something.

Anyway, to elaborate: Too much negativity is obnoxious, not necessarily because of the negativity itself, but because it's often unwarranted in the extent it's presented. Too much positivity on the other hands makes it more difficult to present contrasting opinions, because then you feel like you're ruining the party if you say something negative. Too much positivity can also be unwarranted, something I know at least one person on this site to be guilty of constantly.

Am I that one person, by chance? Lol! I know I can be a bit defensive when people are too negative, and I know I was definitely guilty of being annoyingly positive during the start of Switch 2. It helps that I've kinda just learned to live and let be: if people wanna be miserable/overhyped, then let them be. No point in fighting to change their mind.

No. As far as I can see, you've been a great addition to the site! It's been great having you here.

I guess I should have better explained that positive attitude in general is not an issue, it's when it's drowning everything else, or perhaps when you're really positive (defensive) about something when it's not really deserved.

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