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@precariousteats
nefarious yeets · 6 answers · 2y

Do you believe it's possible for someone to have a "positive mental attitude" and think that the world is cruel or broken?

I tried that but it broke me.

@arman
Arman · 2y

I think that I am such a person

@nachopee
Teo · 2y

They are not mutually exclusive - you can observe a cruel and broken world, and your positive mental attitude is how you react to/cope with that observation

@RetroKnight
Sean ⚡🤖 · 2y

Yes. Even when your perception of the world could be that, you can still think you can do better and maybe you're not alone in this thinking.

@DUST
Merida · 2y

Isn't that close to the Stoic philosophy in a way?

@Kate
Kate Matsuda · 2y

No.

@fizzyarthur
Arthur · 2y

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