There are people who fix problems and people who complain about problems, and the two sets are remarkably disjoint.
I wonder if it's based on psychological self-trickery: if you're feeling down on yourself, you can temporarily elevate yourself by criticizing someone who actually did something, & then feel superior to them. Of course, it's fictional you versus real them, so an empty feeling
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Tbh I think it's less about power and superiority and more about fear response vs. change/uncertainty. Certain schooling & parenting approaches probably lead to negative response in the face of difficulty. Complaining is like a form of immediate regulation to abate that.
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Yeah, that seems plausible too. Especially if you feel like you have no ability to act yourself. "Elon should do X" easily becomes "Elon is bad for not doing X". (Surprised how many people criticise him for, for instance, not solving Flint's water problem.)
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It’s worse: feeling superior to someone isn’t fun at all, but people think it is.
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Idk, but it’s worth emphasizing how valuable it is to create things *and* to criticize them. Complaint isn’t critique, though even it can prompt a useful, substantive critique.https://twitter.com/tokteacher/status/913933613539799040?s=21 …
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No, there are many examples of people got up from ashes without ever say a word of their struggles
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I don't think you can easily find patterns. Human behavior is a thought combinatorial problem
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I think it's a form of bullying to make yourself feel good by comparison.
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