Musings of a Day Lush

Do We Only Complain When we Have Support?

28 November 2006 by Mushroom Queen

If I were to tell someone a problem and say, “I can’t stand what’s going on at X”. And if I were told that I’m just overreacting or wrong..would that stop me? It’d have to depend on who you were and what you truly wanted. If you wanted power, acknowledgment, or just attention..then your intentions are wrong, no matter what you mask them with. If we want to make a public scene about something, do we only do it when we know that 2-3 people can back us up? Are there even real problems when we complain?

The difference between complaints and problems is the argument and solution. If you complain without either an argument or a solution, then what you say is basically without merit. Arguments don’t consist of “I’ve talked to people who feel the same way as I do” and they certainly don’t rely on what you perceive a person to be. No matter how right you believe yourself to be, you don’t know everything you claim to know.
There is one sure way to address a problem. Through understanding, acknowledgment of both sides, and suggestions for a logical solution. It’s not as popular a way to go about things, but it’s more honourable and it’s certainly more mature. If you’re going to blindly point fingers, there are ten pointing right back at you.

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3 Responses

  1. Anubis Says:

    Title: YES.

  2. Boggy Says:

    I complain all of the time. Even when I have no support to back me up.

    Because I’m a whiney little boy.

  3. Mushroom Queen Says:

    This is true, Bog-bog.

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