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Originally Posted by FooZe
Well, for one thing, a professional manipulator's whole career would depend on never, ever letting themselves sound anywhere near as confused as you've been sounding about this particular subject. 
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I must admit, I am indeed confused. And sad. I feel like I want to find a dark crevice somewhere that I can climb into, curl up and cry. Or die. Or both. But one can't cry oneself to death, can one?
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Originally Posted by FooZe
1. The glass is half empty at best, and you're "afflicted by blind spots" that everyone but you is aware of...
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2. The glass is about half full, and you have somewhere around your normal share of blind spots along with the rest of us.
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the only difference between these two alternatives that I can see is the half empty or half full state of the glass. Either way I have blind spots, along with everyone else. Is your point that in example 2 misery loves company and in example 1 misery is just miserable?