SARCASTIC

Sarcastic and negative thinking people hurled insults such as "stupid" and "idiots" with ease. I know because I used to be one of them.

Believe it or not, some parents happen to think that calling their children "stupid" would motivate the children to achieve greater things in life.

In my dictionary, I don't use the words "stupid" and "idiot" any more. All the people (with functional intelligence) I know of make mistakes because they are ignorant, lazy, or greedy or any combination of these.

"Stupid" is a loaded word. It denotes inability to change. Isn't it true those truly idiotic people (Let me be more politically correct here: I am talking about people who don't have a functional intelligence that allows independent living) cannot help what is happening to them?

"Stupid" is the last thing I want to hurl at someone who has made a well intentioned mistake and who has an intelligence that allows independent living.

When I was sarcastic, I used to think I was being realistic by voicing all the possibilities of why an idea would fail and took grim delight in knocking other people's ideas down.

......Hey, folks, someone has got to have both feet planted firmly on the ground and not be excessively optimistic. There are so many ways a brilliant idea can screw up. Better play it safe (which basically means doing nothing to advance the idea to practical stages).

Positive thinking to me was unrealistic optimism in disguise.