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To All You Grumpy Bastards

 
 
Reply Tue 22 Jun, 2010 03:45 pm
Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'

An attack of the grumps can make you communicate better, it is suggested
In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.

An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly.

In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible, his experiments showed.

While cheerfulness fosters creativity, gloominess breeds attentiveness and careful thinking, Professor Joe Forgas told Australian Science Magazine.

'Eeyore days'

The University of New South Wales researcher says a grumpy person can cope with more demanding situations than a happy one because of the way the brain "promotes information processing strategies".

Negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world

He asked volunteers to watch different films and dwell on positive or negative events in their life, designed to put them in either a good or bad mood.

Next he asked them to take part in a series of tasks, including judging the truth of urban myths and providing eyewitness accounts of events.

Those in a bad mood outperformed those who were jolly - they made fewer mistakes and were better communicators.

Professor Forgas said: "Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world."

The study also found that sad people were better at stating their case through written arguments, which Forgas said showed that a "mildly negative mood may actually promote a more concrete, accommodative and ultimately more successful communication style".

His earlier work shows the weather has a similar impact on us - wet, dreary days sharpened memory, while bright sunny spells make people forgetful.


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Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jun, 2010 03:52 pm
@edgarblythe,
I get forgetful on hot sunny days, but I think it is sunstroke mostly...

makes sense, though.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jun, 2010 04:01 pm
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:

Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'

An attack of the grumps can make you communicate better, it is suggested
In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.




Hey edgar, If this were true, I'd be the clearest thinker on this forum.
roger
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jun, 2010 04:16 pm
@edgarblythe,
I suppose I've heard worse news.
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Irishk
 
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Reply Tue 22 Jun, 2010 10:33 pm
Interesting. I guess even the eternal doom-crier/wet blanket/perma-bear/sour cynical old cuss with never a good word needs a moment of clarity now and then.
Ionus
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 12:06 am
@Irishk,
Quote:
the eternal doom-crier/wet blanket/perma-bear/sour cynical old cuss with never a good word
Hey !! I am standing just here you know !!!!
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Philis
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 02:27 am
@edgarblythe,
r u tawkin' ta me

Point out 1 grumpy person in a2k
dadpad
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 02:38 am
@Philis,
Philis wrote:



Point out 1 grumpy person in a2k



http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b57aae41062df6cc4879e8675b71943e?r=R&d=identicon&s=180
Philis
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 03:04 am
@dadpad,
yup ur right, he's grumpy in a very sarcastic way.
dadpad
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 03:10 am
@Philis,
Philis wrote:

yup ur right, he's grumpy in a very sarcastic way.

yep, its a genuine caring type of grumpy.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 03:51 am
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

edgarblythe wrote:

Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'

An attack of the grumps can make you communicate better, it is suggested
In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you.




Hey edgar, If this were true, I'd be the clearest thinker on this forum.



And....?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 03:54 am
@Philis,
Philis wrote:

r u tawkin' ta me

Point out 1 grumpy person in a2k




http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d2b63e28bc34f2a3c2e0aa9c24bd68dc?r=R&d=identicon&s=180
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/88b5da74509ac78fc37809e78292171b?r=R&d=identicon&s=180
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8e7e3d9110e0b7a7b43bde19c050708b?r=R&d=identicon&s=180


And I could most certainly proceed!




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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 04:24 am
I don't like your grumpier than thou attitudes. Razz
PUNKEY
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 06:45 am
Happy people are never skeptic.
I prefer to think about things rather than just accept everything at face value.

I do envy their simplistic approach, however.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 06:49 am
@edgarblythe,
Mine?

Punk!!!
Ionus
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 08:07 am
@Philis,
Quote:
Point out 1 grumpy person in a2k
You have just guaranteed this to be one of the longest threads ever.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 11:24 am
@dlowan,
Just a joke
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 01:02 pm
I Win
Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 01:05 pm
@dyslexia,
dyslexia wrote:

I Win


Not even close, you skinny ass cowboy.

I am the Kvetch Queen. The Empress of Negativity.
dyslexia
 
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Reply Wed 23 Jun, 2010 01:18 pm
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

dyslexia wrote:

I Win


Not even close, you skinny ass cowboy.

I am the Kvetch Queen. The Empress of Negativity.
the vote is in princess and you are a sore loser. go clean something, Gd knows everything you can see needs it.
 

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