Originally Posted by
Maeni
I too get hit in the face by tomatoes, and am still smiling. I also go here to vent every once in a while, but I am still smiling.
I really dislike the many creative and subtle ways to say "shut up" that 'optimists' can come up with. It's like when I say, oh man, this day is gonna suck. Some douche just has to drop in through the window and state "WELL, IF YOU SAY IT'S GONNA BE BAD, IT WILL BE SO." and I'm like, bitch please. I'm saying there's a large chance it'll suck. I may be surprised and I'll do my best to make it good, I'll try to face it positively. But shut up with your self fulfilling prophecy bullshit, I'm allowed to have premonitions and misgivings, and there is nothing bad about venting, venting is a way to release stress and as thus is a positive thing. This thread is actually a really positive thread because it's about stressed and tense people coming in and just letting it all go. We can't all just sit around and laugh at and learn important life lessons from animated smiley faces i.e. never show your feelings just pretend to be happy :)
Don't get me wrong... It's super awesome that you're positive and optimistic. I try to do the same and succeed most of the time! But you're simply making the mistake of thinking that there can be no place at all for negative thoughts, whereas it only makes sense to me to have a designated vent space. That way we can sometimes take the tip of the stress off by venting it here. Complaining every once in a while doesn't exclude positivity and happy thoughts.