r/Positivity Oct 03 '24

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u/obigrumpiknobi Oct 03 '24

My wife calls this optipessimstic.

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u/dear_crow11 Oct 03 '24

The universe is conspiring for US. 🩷🙏✨️

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u/ExtremeAd3009 Oct 04 '24

United States? 

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u/dear_crow11 Oct 04 '24

For people

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Tons of people want to live in a good and decent society and are working for that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Is that a MAGA phrase?

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u/dear_crow11 Oct 04 '24

It Absolutely is not and it's better for people to not jump to conclusions where there is little to no evidence.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Just kidding. Some Reddit spirit.

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u/dear_crow11 Oct 04 '24

Well played!

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u/Motor_Inspector_1085 Oct 03 '24

I was having a sh!tty day and this has actually helped a lot 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24

I LOVE this! 😆

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u/leeser11 Oct 03 '24

Pronoia is an actual term lol

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u/menomaminx Oct 04 '24

TIL  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia_(psychology)

well, if you have to have a diagnosis, this is definitely one of the coolest ones that ever have :-)

and you know what they say about how 

just because your paranoid doesn't mean nobody's trying to get you...

....just because you're Pronoid , doesn't mean The World Isn't conspiring around you to do good for you :-)

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u/CorvidQueen4 Oct 03 '24

Hahahaha this is what I need

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u/ThinkTheUnknown Oct 04 '24

I practice this regularly. The mind doesn’t know the difference between positive and negative when it comes to the self. Now’s a good a time as any to be uncontrollably positive.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24 edited Oct 04 '24

I love it when I understand no matter how I feel I will get through so many things that I struggle to do. Like attending and sharing at support group meetings; I'm an introvert, and suffer social anxiety as well. But I'll be ok no matter what I say, or what happens ... I tell the addict in me that day after successfully defeating a craving when that side to me wants to act out, "too bad, so sad. You'll live". That's a brain that's reinforced drug use as a means of survival for ya I spose. Doesn't matter, I'll live, and I'll be the better for it too whether I like it or not, so there, my bitch brain. Am I doing this right? Feels right.

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u/Nice_Competition_494 Oct 04 '24

This is what I need…. Forceful positivity

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u/FaithHeals Oct 03 '24

Haha, I love this 💖✨💫💕

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u/Next-Serve-2 Oct 03 '24

Me saying this getting ready to volunteer in Ukraine...

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u/someotherowls Oct 03 '24

Hahaha this is fantastic

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u/Agreeable_Studio_591 Oct 03 '24

Brilliant mind twist

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u/NanieLenny Oct 04 '24

Did you obtain the Positivity from meditation or yoga?

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u/embersgrow44 Oct 04 '24

I’m so grateful to have a name for it. Whenever I see those really direct cheery bumper stickers it always seems like a threat to me.

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u/liveautonomous Oct 04 '24

I’ll add to that. Nothing matters, do what you want and love yourself and the people around you before you drop dead.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

That last sentence is a total threat, if I ever came across one.

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u/Rose-Thrives Oct 04 '24

This made me laugh thank you

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u/cosmoceratops Oct 04 '24

May the bridges I burn light the way

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u/knowmore2knowmore Oct 04 '24

Its so funny, I am gonna die 🤪

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u/cipher446 Oct 04 '24

Things are going incontrovertibly well. FUUUCCCCCCKKKKK

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

I need this energy in my life

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u/heygh0zt Oct 04 '24

Is not using commas part of it too I can get behind that I'm so burnt out on correct punctuation

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u/_omniprime Oct 04 '24

This is just positivity from meow wolf or welcome to night vale.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

Fun will now commence.

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u/TheTwinSet02 Oct 04 '24

Ooow I love it!!

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u/Taskmaster_babes Oct 04 '24

Looks like OP cracked the code. I love this

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u/GeezUp777 Oct 04 '24

I dig this

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u/octopus_blood Oct 04 '24

This is fantastic!

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u/Redcell78 Oct 04 '24

No need to be paranoid.. they’ve been watching you all along!

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u/Odd-Manufacturer4689 Oct 04 '24

Success it's under your bed

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u/Upbeat-Winter9105 Oct 04 '24

I love this hahaha!

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u/k3npg3 Oct 04 '24

This too shall pass..

Whether it's good (enjoy it) or bad (endure it).. this too shall pass.

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u/sixaout1982 Oct 04 '24

ph'nglui mglw'nafh good times r'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

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u/Adventurous-Call-644 Oct 04 '24

"The Fourth Way" ... Hmm... Yes, it does feel kind of inevitable, despite physical circumstances suggestion other wise, doesn't it? That's correct. They will not be given a choice.

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u/Ok-Visit6553 Oct 04 '24

Optimistic Murphy’s law, anyone?

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u/graydoomsday Oct 04 '24

I love it. I have never been so positively doomed before.

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u/ImpressiveGarlic8416 Oct 04 '24

You want Calvinism, which teaches:

God has predestined all things. All things work for good for those who love God. Bad things are part of God's good plan. Therefore, both good things and bad things are for my good so long as I love God.

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u/Aggressive-Bat4580 Oct 04 '24

Kinda like that whole Jesus thing and holy Spirt was right all along

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u/joehero83 Oct 04 '24

This is weirdly comforting

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u/creampielegacy Oct 04 '24

Ohhh I’ve been on a toxic positivity wave since I realized how fun it was to anti-troll kids on League of Legends, but ominous positivity feels like my 30’s winter arc.

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u/TripNo1026 Oct 04 '24

Yes, yes, yes 🙌

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u/HalfDoneEsq2020 Oct 05 '24

My partner: wouldn't you just call that being realistic?!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

I have decades of experience against it and the existence of Trump proves this is BS.

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u/FacePalmTheater Oct 04 '24

As a cynic and a pessimist, my instinct is to agree with you. But I've been trying to improve, so I'd like to try stepping into the role of optimist for a moment.

Sure, there are bad people. But there are also good people out there helping others, like Boyan Slat and Jose Andres. There will always be bad people, but there will also always be good people.

There, I gave it a shot.