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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:30 AM Original message |
Study: Cheery, Optimists Die Younger |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am confirmed in my bitterness and cynicism! |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. That explains Dick Cheney..... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Heartless bastard |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. HAH! The power of negative thinking! |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. There is that saying: "Only the Good die young" |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. If that's true I'm pretty much gonna live forever. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's simple. People who are unsatisfied are more likely to take corrective action. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. See that, "morning people?" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I am a morning person and I have my fair share of feeling unhappy. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Yes, but as an optimist... |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Take VitaMeataVegamin and be one of the HappyPeppyPeople! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hmm,, Die young and happy or old and grumpy? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. So the choices are short and sweet, or long and bitter. Humm.. nt |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. STUDY: Optimists live longer and healthier lives... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I've never met a happy optimist. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. i was thinking the same thing. this was on du like a mere month ago. i am gonna optimistically |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. happiness has a greater impact on health than smoking |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. I should live a long time. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Guess I'm safe then, too... |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. Life's a bitch, and then you live for a long time. (nt) |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. Since I'm bipoler I'll probably have a near death experience before I die of old age |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. LOL |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. Unfortunately, I've just seen that very thing happen. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. But once you eliminate the ones I've strangled it comes out about even....... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. "Oh Honey, the bear won't hurt me, he just wants to smell my hand..." nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. all i have to do is run faster than "honey". see, optimism works. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Optimist survivor: "You see, my running every day saved me". LOL nt |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. So grumpiness and pessimism are survival traits? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Lol, I should survive a long time if that counts too. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. I Am Therefore Immortal. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
25. I am..... IMMORTAL! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. But they enjoy life more. I'll take shorter and happier, thanks! nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. That's depressing. Many of us are doomed. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. It's not that "happy" people die sooner - it's the cockeyed optimists who |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
29. I wouldn't call myself 'cheery' or an 'optimist', but I'm definitely a maniac. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. immortality sucks |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. Okay |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. As a lifelong clinical depressive |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. But if a pessimist doesn't WANT to live longer, then they'll get depressed even MORE. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Just call me Methuselah. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Well, now I know why I've safely reached curmudgeon age. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. Nonsense! The wealthy laugh all the way to the bank. |
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