Just Don’t Bite

Being called something bugs me. Enough that I feel the need to press against it, oddly this is a trait that makes me very easy to manipulate. Negativity is something I seem to have in spades though, it’s been given as reasons for enough things that… well might just be right. It’s a hard thing to argue against really since the very act of doing so could be construded as negative.

While I might be wrong I think that people are naturally drawn toward the negativity of things. The Germans have a word for it schadenfreude, odd word really. I honestly think that people have a hard time with feeling a happines for others. Someone pointed out to me that the reason the news focuses on the negative is that it sells better. The fact this person is in marketing and is getting good enough grades to make a Deans list… well they might be right. However part of marketing is knowing what appeals to people, clearly the negative is what appeals to people.

So a line like “Don’t keep up with the Jones’ beat them” would appeal to that need in people.If by some manner you can convey that a person has greater value, or greater preceived value by their peer group, itappeals to that side of the ego that would cause impulse buys. Appealing to the Id, Ego, Super-Ego of people, knowing how to manipulate each one. But I’ve had that conversation with an amusing cat already.

Eh, I may be a negative person but I still smile when I get the forward of the polar bear playing with dogs. I enjoy the stories of good people. But it sickens me to see those things exploited. I do enjoy those stories, they give me hope. Thats all I need, a muse and hope.