Chris Talks About Negativity

[@ripvanderwinkle]

Chris, thanks for making these. They always make me feel better no matter what.

[@Devilyaki]

They always make me feel worse !

[@cricket12092]

1:10 That's actually a fairly legitimate reason to not see a movie.

[@CostanzaKramer1]

Realism and negativity are confused more often than not. I hate it when someone calls themselves- with pride- a "realist" when really they are just miserable. I think people really do tend to thrive on negativity. Too many..... too many farts.

[@tristakell9525]

I am very cynical but even I can enjoy some ice cream and roller coasters

[@BambiTheMessiah]

"I'd rather be happy than right any day" "And are you?" "Ah... no. That's where it all falls down, of course." -Slartibarfast -Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[@tomgola3]

Though, you didn't put into mind that some people have trouble staying positive due to emotional disorders. Also, just because someone has a negative opinions, or a pessimist attitude, it doesn't make them a bad person. The flower is beautiful, but its probably a good idea to remember it has thorns so you don't touch it and prick your fingers.

[@DTrinh09]

I like that videos like this sparks dialogue within our community. I wouldn't have imagined people voicing their disagreements with Chris about this subject. Sure, we're kind of going beyond the simple message Chris is trying to convey, but this simple 2 minute video has got people thinking and caring about the deeper issues that affect "negative people." Ya'll give me hope.

[@Hieagandaus]

Happiness about everything all the time can lead to ignorance of thing around you, but then too much negativity can make you look like a big fart. Big fart. I think Disney is too crowded and ice cream makes me fart, but I still like the two.

[@Skullkan6]

I've always heard about the possibility of happiness making someone ignorant, but never actually seen it. It sounds like a unicorn.

[@AnimatorEnthusiast]

You've just described "ignorance is bliss"

[@lasarack]

I work at a convenience store, and after greeting someone with a smile he turned back at me and said "wow, you're just Mr. happy, aren't you?" to which i replied "yea, there's no reason not to be." he looked at me for a second, looked me dead in the eyes and said "yes there is." and walked away. But i do completely understand your concern with the 'am i wrong' idea. I've always looked at it in a very entropic way. For every person that wants good, there has to be someone that wants bad. I know it doesn't solve whether or not you're right or wrong, but it does relieve you of any guilt you might have... your right is their wrong and their right is your wrong. We just need to learn to live with each other and understand that those are our views.

[@Sirronkcuhc1]

Thank you for making these videos. They help me a lot and show me new perspectives.

[@bsaget98]

this reminds me of my brother. he has a habit of mentioning the negatives about things. if we're eating dinner and i say the food is fine he'll just say he didn't like some of it, not mentioning the rest of it which he clearly enjoyed.

[@Fools_Requiem]

i have difficulty seeing the positive in everything. being positive all the time just leaves you disappointed in the end. expecting the worst from everything makes things a pleasant surprise when they turn out to be good.

[@I_can_do_20_push-ups]

In theory that works, but in reality I find looking at things positively allows me to roll with the punches, because as soon as something bad happens I can move on because I see something new and hopeful on the horizon. Pessimism is self-defeating, because as soon as something good is over, it's hard to imagine anything working out again. Your outlook becomes very bleak very quickly, which leads one to complacency.

[@wilddogspam]

The trick is not to expect either of those things, actually. Expecting something to be bad is in itself a bad experience. While, on the other hand, expecting something to be good can lead to either disappointment or lessening of real thing in comparison with the ideal. For more on this argument, try Schopenhauer's Eudaimonia (the art of being happy).

[@pussexterminator]

There have been times in my life where I've hung out with people who are more "negative" than myself because I can understand how they feel and I don't want them to feel isolated. (I've dealt with depression myself.) But, I also have had times where I have to distance myself from them because it started making my own depression even worse. :/

[@LuckySerranoCeramics]

I really needed this today

[@Sprinterification]

I like how real these videos are to me

[@TheSSSFilms]

I think you're viewing the subject of negativity from too much of a distance. It's never as simple as a certain person being "always a downer", underneath that negative outlook could be lots of hurting, despair, and insecurity. He/she could be coping with a mental illness, have been taught by parental figures to look at the world in a pessimistic way, or just be suffering so much from things you'll never even know about that could make someone want to give up on life. Just remember that a little negative comment about Disney World comes out of a person who has spent years having a set of life experiences that is different to anyone else's and forming their own thoughts and beliefs that would lead them to saying such a thing. It's not easy to understand a certain perspective that's radically different from your own, and I'm not saying that negativity is better than positivity, it's just that you can't really boil down someone else's downer outlook to "He doesn't like anything. What's his problem?". There's always more to a person than that. Also, what you brought up near the end of the video is called depressive realism. You should look it up if you're interested.

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

Deluding yourself is all a part of coping, which is healthy and natural for humans. That's one of the primary reasons religion is a thing. But yeah, i agree with you.

[@jan.tichavsky]

What's healthy about having delusions? It's true they are natural but that's all for me. You can see depression as part of coping too but I don't consider it healthy.

[@StephanieMaple]

Jan Tichavský Many people rely on religion because that's the only way to avoid depression that they could find (or, arguably, the easiest way that requires the least effort) and they prefer delusion over depression. They're probably the same on the health scale, no delusions are "healthy" per se but sometimes they're the only choice you have to keep yourself alive. The difference is that depressed people often know they're depressed, but do delusional people know they're delusional?

[@GrappleBerries]

I do think that seeing life in a positive light may be deceiving yourself but I certainly don't think that it is in any way inferior or naive.

[@Tomturkey]

Chris you're awesome

[@yvonneschaleger9445]

Yeah, I feed off the negativity given when I say something negative! IT GIVES ME MY POWER!!!!!!! 😈

[@Naiuhz]

Hate to be that guy but roses have prickles and not thorns at 1:46. Excellent video like always Chris!

[@zagmasters5816]

My friend broke this thing I got from the fair I was actually ok with it! I didn't let it get to me and i did love it very much.

[@limbolord6342]

So touching. I think I'm gonna need a tissue.

[@adamsuniverse]

Is this targeted at Jason?

[@innertuber4049]

Probably Robert

[@ruby8192]

I hate negative people

[@sladikk]

A lot of it seems to be peer pressure. It's so popular to be negative.

[@CatSamurai99]

Now I get it. The Titusville Culture Report is his therapy project. He has to go to each place and always look on the bright side.

[@RegularTetragon]

I'm like, the opposite of depressed. I can recognize the sad bits as sad, but I really just don't care. I'm like, happy all the time and it's pretty nice!

[@marylbc]

The great philosophical question, "Is it better to be ignorant and happy, or intelligent and cynical?"

[@binsitt]

Actually, you are touching a very important and crucial matter here, which might hold the key to a very much more interesting and enjoyable world for everyone. (I think.)

[@IllHandleThis]

I think there was a positive message somewhere.

[@corsaircarl9582]

I nevwe got that myself...i heard some people like to be miserable. But that makes no sense...if they are happy when they are miserable...how are they sad? Like...if you are miserable youre not happy but if they are hapoy being...mis...and... >brain promptly explodes

[@chrisrichards6803]

Life is a horrible place.

[@camtasia1000]

You're a horrible place.

[@dannymendiola]

That was just a bunch of cliches and then it got really thoughtful at the "what if"

[@NeutralObjections]

God, this comment section is MISERABLE.

[@JOEking990]

I have a good way of coping with a bad day; try to bury it, and watch youtube. It's a good way to let it fester, and get in to fights every few months, over almost nothing.

[@josephkraker2268]

School has made me the negative boy that I am

[@Skullkan6]

I was going to make a comment on how this argument could be used on a topic that's a tad more controversial, but any time a single word of this topic hits the comments, horrible things happen, horrible arguments with people who seem to have limitless endurance for keyboard typing.

[@AnimatorEnthusiast]

You're like Cypher from the Matrix

[@nman97]

This video made me fart... and I'm NOT going to let that get me down! :D Chris

[@Devilyaki]

What if I told you...

[@JasperCasper24]

Being negative is extremely miserable, but mines a medical problem :s

[@sandwich2473]

I am a mister negative. Though, I'm an introvert so no one will suffer it :)

[@kezzstar24]

What's wrong with farts?

[@xxchilidogsxx9122]

...... thats i do i mean the frank guy lol

[@RaoulMoreira]

There is a reason they are so negative, have pity for them..

[@hannahstahl1857]

Soo... Ignorance is bliss in your opinion.. :D

[@samtheking25]

And im that person

[@CostanzaKramer1]

Can we please have the starting cool guy stick figure on a shirt.

[@DivineTr33]

Meanwhile in the background, someone is screaming.

[@rexrex175]

Lol

[@deecenuts]

Those people should just get drunk all the time like Stan Marsh did.

[@lonewolf4561]

I think Chris farted. :( Looking at the bright side it was probably loud and funny. :)

[@MannyRivera]

I would have to say I'm a negative(Realist) person my self.

[@Harryyano]

First, great video

[@connorollive308]

I think this is a nice way of looking at things. But lacks cerain perspective. still a fan tho Chris.

[@vincentmiller9714]

My life is just a fart...

[@LimeWedgeLoej]

On one hand this video is great because it really puts things into a different perspective and says be happy.... but on the other hand this video is biased toward happiness and smells like farts.

[@federicorivera5093]

what if life reallty is just a big big fart

[@TheNinjaranga]

Why is Mr T is so negative?

[@xvpoly]

this is so disappointing

[@plokijum]

the comment section smells like fart

[@TheKetsup]

Life is diarrhea... and smells like a wet fart.

[@2menace]

I think the real problem here is that you fart all the time and that's why he thinks every location smells like farts. Stop farting man, not cool

[@atomheartother]

Uh, Chris, I love you and all but aren't you basically saying we shouldn't try to hang out to our best with depressed people? A lot of depressed people come off as negative jerks who just want to ruin your day :/

[@draekon8995]

2nd

[@olbeans]

First

[@Shadowflame919]

This video smells like a fart

[@josephkraker2268]

School has made me the negative boy that I am