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I can't remember the last time someone phoned me or emailed me to tell me some genuinely good news. I think people focus on the negative so much that it dilutes the positive to the point of barely being recognizable. I'm a damn hippie though so I am biased.
I see that as a good thing though.
Think about it.
The day the GOOD stuff is what makes the news, the day the GOOD stuff is what's considered exceptional, is a sad day.
People don't comment on the obvious. If you saw a tree in the middle of a Swedish tundra forest with a live bright red parrot sitting on the branch, you wouldn't say "Oh look! A pine tree!" You'd comment on the remarkable.
The fact that people comment on the bad stuff but not the good, is a good thing. It means the good or average is usual; taken as read.