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In response to "Both of you need to stop being so damn negative. You make the bad outcome more likely by accepting defeat now when work and attitude are important. -- nm" by TWuG

That's false and ridiculous -- nm

Posted by ty97 Jun 24 '22, 07:38

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It's called self-fulfilling prophecy and and the baking-in of negative expectations in life. Even the Fed Chairman talked about it a couple weeks ago -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:40 8
- If I have a national TV show with millions of viewers, then talk to me about that. I don't though. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:42 7
  - More importantly, see my post above to pmb, I don't even consider it a foregone conclusion! I think it's a tough environment for the Dems.... - ty97 Jun 24, 07:44 6
    - Respectfully, the problem here is... - David Jun 24, 08:13 2
      - Are you all high today? That's not at all what happened. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 08:30
      - okay that last sentence made me chuckle for the pure visualization of it -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 08:15
    - I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, you appear to be talking past me and not know what I meant to say. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:48 2
      - Not at all, I'm speaking directly to you. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:49 1
        
        When you have bad expectations in life, it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy because no one wants to learn they have made bad choices in life. - con_carne Jun 24, 07:54
"Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election because ty97 posted on ST that Trump might win" - NYT -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:39 3
- You words have an audience. I'm assuming that audience is broader than ST. If you're only negative here, your impact is negligible - TWuG Jun 24, 08:01 1
  - I don't really discuss politics outside of here since this is (WAS) a place you could openly voice opinions. Not anymore I guess. - ty97 Jun 24, 08:14
- whoa -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:41

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