I wonder why.....

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I wonder why that on the boards, threads that are started with a negative twist (eg: new grads with attitude; the good/bad/ugly of US's; catty nurses; nurses who shouldn't be nurses) grow to multiple pages while threads with a positive twist (eg: amazing stories in nursing; why choose nursing; high school inquiries; etc) fall to the bottom of our screens with hardly a whisper.

Seems like we always have something to say or an opinion about something bad, but nary a positive thought or opinion related to what is good.

The repetitiveness of negativity is very disheartening. Those threads really bother me. Am I alone?

Any thoughts on that?

MISTER ROGERS---He was the best! My son Daniel esp used to love him. He was slow paced, soothing and had a great collection of zip up sweaters, all knitted by his mother. Not only that, he took the kids on neat tours of different factories that made stuff they were interested. He was great!:)

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I wonder why that on the boards, threads that are started with a negative twist (eg: new grads with attitude; the good/bad/ugly of US's; catty nurses; nurses who shouldn't be nurses) grow to multiple pages while threads with a positive twist (eg: amazing stories in nursing; why choose nursing; high school inquiries; etc) fall to the bottom of our screens with hardly a whisper.

Seems like we always have something to say or an opinion about something bad, but nary a positive thought or opinion related to what is good.

The repetitiveness of negativity is very disheartening. Those threads really bother me. Am I alone?

Any thoughts on that?

This is a negative thread as well.

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This is a negative thread as well.
Depends on how we see it :rotfl:
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MISTER ROGERS---He was the best! My son Daniel esp used to love him. He was slow paced, soothing and had a great collection of zip up sweaters, all knitted by his mother. Not only that, he took the kids on neat tours of different factories that made stuff they were interested. He was great!:)

I especially enjoyed the special about "No, you can't be flushed down the toilet while pottying." I think it even aired during primetime. :chuckle :chuckle

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I loved Mr. Rogers too! I still remember when he taught me to make a suitcase. Not long after that I got mad at my parents and even used that suitcase to "run away" from home! Ahh, memories.

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Oh and I always hated when he went to the Neighborhood of Make Believe. Well I didn't hate it, but that was my least favoriate part of the show. On the other hand, my sister LOVED that part, it was her favorite.

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This is a negative thread as well.

This thread has taken on a life of it's own actually. :coollook: :Melody:

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This thread has taken on a life of it's own actually. :coollook: :Melody:

I agree. Admittedly, there was a dicey moment when some troublemaker tried to start a war between ASNs and BSNs, but you can't GET much less negative than Mr. Rogers. (A friend who met him said he was exactly the same in real life.)

So, this ain't the place for a big religious debate, either, and my own beliefs are way too unsettled to begin to look for a fight, but I gotta say that if there's anything to anything, it makes me feel good to think Mr. Rogers has moved to a nicer neighborhood.

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That is a good question !! I think that people just feel the need to vent, and they get a little carried away with it sometimes.

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