I tend to do this but more often than not they do appear to be too far gone for simple conversation to work(usually fairly obvious after a few back-and-forth's) so I tend to evaluate whether or not it is worth the effort on a case-by-case basis.
Do still work behind enemy lines though and occasionally manage to sneak one through that gets noticed in spite of the 'information management' happening in most socials.
I just think that pessimism promotes optimism(pleasant surprises) and that optimism promotes pessimism(repeated disappointments) so it's just easier to remain positive with a slightly misanthropic attitude(YMMW)...
Being being pessimistic about people in the sense that you don't expect anything good from them will make all surprises positive and in the long run it will help you to not give up.
You can still be optimistic about things without being optimistic about people as it makes it a lot easier to spot the good people and the good actions, if you are positive about people the law of averages and the lack of expected good will invariably and inevitably drown out your ability to notice the good....
Positivity without anything to warrant it will always turn into delusion and self-deceit, ironically not expecting anything will make the most of anything good that does happen by giving it a much greater impact and it also lets you see things more clearly, lying to oneself is the most common of human psychological tendencies....
Unfortunately the worst of humanity is found on all sides..............
Number 2.
I tend to do this but more often than not they do appear to be too far gone for simple conversation to work(usually fairly obvious after a few back-and-forth's) so I tend to evaluate whether or not it is worth the effort on a case-by-case basis.
Do still work behind enemy lines though and occasionally manage to sneak one through that gets noticed in spite of the 'information management' happening in most socials.
I just think that pessimism promotes optimism(pleasant surprises) and that optimism promotes pessimism(repeated disappointments) so it's just easier to remain positive with a slightly misanthropic attitude(YMMW)...
Unwarranted optimism does.
Being being pessimistic about people in the sense that you don't expect anything good from them will make all surprises positive and in the long run it will help you to not give up.
You can still be optimistic about things without being optimistic about people as it makes it a lot easier to spot the good people and the good actions, if you are positive about people the law of averages and the lack of expected good will invariably and inevitably drown out your ability to notice the good....
Positivity without anything to warrant it will always turn into delusion and self-deceit, ironically not expecting anything will make the most of anything good that does happen by giving it a much greater impact and it also lets you see things more clearly, lying to oneself is the most common of human psychological tendencies....