"You shouldn't be sad while others have it worse."
Therefore,
"You shouldn't be happy while others have it better."
How dare you use my logic against me
wHy DoN't YoU jUsT bE hApPy?
Can you imagine if the frown turned into a smile upon hearing that? That's the true depressing thought (that we would take pleasure in hearing of others misery).
Fallacy of relative privation
Yes, taken to the logical conclusion the only person who can complain about their station is the one person who has it worse than anyone else in the world.
Nice nice nice nice nice, thank you for this, new to me
I get this. I think about how relatively great my life is compared to humanity across the planet and it just depresses me so much further.
Sorry to hear that the people in your life are assholes :(
Probably not very helpful, but tons of people are also just happy for no reason, so at least the world isnt all grim and gloom.
Bro's mustache grew like crazy
I thought they were holding their hands(arms?) over their mouth in the last panel
Potato?
"You need to smile more"
For a few people, this kind of thinking helps. It does for me, actually. When I feel like my life sucks it can help to compare myself to an imaginary Anglo-Saxon peasant woman during the invasion of the Sons of Lodbrok, and it actually helps to realize just how much better I have it than her.
But that doesn't work for everyone, and even those it works for kinda need to do the comparison themselves, not have it pushed on them.
It can also make a person feel worse by making them feel like they're a bad person for daring to have depression when there are others who have worse lives.
For me, I feel depressed thinking about how bad things are for so many people, and knowing there's nothing I can do to help. At least not in any significant way
I compare myself to a farmer peasant, and think about how I have more cool tech I can't afford but in exchange peeling skin and bloody poop and honestly probably no area of better health.
Anglo-Saxon peasant woman during the invasion of the Sons of Lodbrok here. My life is actually kind of awesome
An excellent example of toxic positivity.
"I'm broke but managing to make it work because there are other people who can't pay their bills more."
Same ridiculous idea.
