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That's exactly what the post said. Maybe you can provide a different interpretation? >In subtractive, a person tries to add happiness to their life by taking i

That's exactly what the post said. Maybe you can provide a different interpretation? >In subtractive, a person tries to add happiness to their life by taking it away from other people around them - putting people down, criticizing, picking on people, name calling, etc.

yequalsx 10y ago
It's clear from the "putting people down" and "name calling" part of that sentence that the criticizing is not meant in a constructive sense. The poster is clearly talking about a situation in which a person feels lifted up, happier by bringing others down. Such a person, in that capacity, is not providing constructive feedback.
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  You can argue that they are not providing constructive feedback, but the claim was: >a person tries to add happiness to their life by taking it away from other people around them
  - striking 10y ago
    There's an ambiguity in the comment, but reading the comment charitably can dispel the notion that the person claimed any form of criticism is a form of maliciously bringing people down. Read it however you want, but taken in context I disagree that that's their intended claim. I think that poster meant that malicious criticism is something that can make unhappy people feel a little better about themselves.
    - jsprogrammer 10y ago
      There is little ambiguity. The space of happiness was divided into two mutually exclusive groups (subtractive & additive) with the listed qualities.
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munificent 10y ago
Criticizing a person is negative. Criticizing something they have done or created can be helpful. In the sentence, there is no mention of what the person did, so the verb naturally applies to the person. Also, "criticize" as a verb tends to be more negative and imply a more direct attack than "criticism of" or, even better, "critique" which both shade towards implying giving the person more useful feedback.

yequalsx 10y ago

It's clear from the "putting people down" and "name calling" part of that sentence that the criticizing is not meant in a constructive sense. The poster is clearly talking about a situation in which a person feels lifted up, happier by bringing others down. Such a person, in that capacity, is not providing constructive feedback.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
You can argue that they are not providing constructive feedback, but the claim was: >a person tries to add happiness to their life by taking it away from other people around them
- striking 10y ago
  There's an ambiguity in the comment, but reading the comment charitably can dispel the notion that the person claimed any form of criticism is a form of maliciously bringing people down. Read it however you want, but taken in context I disagree that that's their intended claim. I think that poster meant that malicious criticism is something that can make unhappy people feel a little better about themselves.
  - jsprogrammer 10y ago
    There is little ambiguity. The space of happiness was divided into two mutually exclusive groups (subtractive & additive) with the listed qualities.
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munificent 10y ago

Criticizing a person is negative. Criticizing something they have done or created can be helpful. In the sentence, there is no mention of what the person did, so the verb naturally applies to the person. Also, "criticize" as a verb tends to be more negative and imply a more direct attack than "criticism of" or, even better, "critique" which both shade towards implying giving the person more useful feedback.