Whining

[Jaymes]

What can be done about all the whining in today's society? Whether it's whining from younger kids, political whining, whatever, what can be done about it? Is there a way to cure the people that whine about people whining?

 

[Feathers in Hair]

When it's people that whine about people whining, I like to take a step back and see what the real issue is. Does the person they're complaining about have a valid reason for carrying on? If not, I'm usually more sympathetic to the second whiner. (I say usually, because I don't think it's becoming on anyone.) If the first person does have a good reason, I say a good cure for the second person is to be bitten.

 

[Fluffy]

I don't have a problem with people whining unless they are whining for the sake of whining. If they are doing the latter then I do not believe that it is realistically practical to stop them since they will always find something to whine about if that is their objective.

 

[jamaesi]

A lot of times when someone hears an opposing viewpoint they just don´t like, it´s labeled as whining...

 

[Scuba Pete]

Frubals on your head Jamaesi! It is so easy to label those who don't agree with us as whiners and I try to never do that. If you don't want to listen to them just leave the room. If you don't like what they post, put them on your ignore list. You don't have to assign such a negative attitude towards them in order to feel better about your position.

 

[ch'ang]

One thing would be to raise the kids tougher like they did in the 60's and 70's, I say give them back monkey bars, lead paint, and even the lawn dart (that is one of the greatest toys ever) I think that people who whine were not exposed to enough hardships when they were kids, they were sheltered from the big bad outside world from their parents and so they can't take all the crap adults have to. Whats worse is parents are even worse about sheltering their kids, boy I can't wait to join the work force with those kids :banghead3

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I can't stand people who whine and complain about every little thing. This one girl I work with calls off for the smallest of things, and makes thing into big things. Once she was tired, another time her back hurt, then once she didn't feel that good, and many other excuses. I know one kid who accepted the lead role for a play, then was whining because he couldn't get his lines all memorized. I know a few people who would whine about thier part time job taking up too much time to get homework done. I know one girl who whined about the amount of homework and said she didn't have the time to do it all. I hate it when people make a big deal out of a little thing. I don't expect people to be as stuborn as I am and not whine about anything, but alot of people need to toughen up a bit.

 

[Scuba Pete]

Are you saying she had "working blindness"? Something caught her eye and she couldn't see going to work?

 

[ayani]

i whine sometimes...

but excessive whining does get tiresome. my solution would be to hand the whiner a shovel, a lesson plan, the address of someone powerful... and let them do something constructive with their displeasure.

 

[SoliDeoGloria]

I think that people who whine were not exposed to enough hardships when they were kids, they were sheltered from the big bad outside world from their parents and so they can't take all the crap adults have to. Whats worse is parents are even worse about sheltering their kids, boy I can't wait to join the work force with those kids :banghead3

LOL good point. I see this a lot as a foreman where I work. I don't know how to fix the problem in society as a whole but I do know that my whining dramatically decreased during my four year stay in prison when I realized that I had lost everything I held dear and there wasn't a thing I could do about it so whining became an even more obvious waste of time. To put it in a nutshell, I think it has to do with appreciation. When I didn't appreciate what I had, I whined about what I didn't have. Now that I have graciousley been given everything back and know how easy it is to lose it, I try to keep the whining down to a minimum and be thankfull for what I do have.

Then again, we may want to define what we mean by "whining". I mean, could we look down those who have truly suffered wrong for "whining" about it so that something could be done about it?

Sincerely,
SoliDeoGloria

 

[Crystal Red]

What can be done about all the whining in today's society?

I believe slamming their head into the wall does the trick >>:banghead3

But seriously, you guys have said some good points, you've just got to looka t the problem, if it's worth whining about then think about how it can be solved in a non-whining way, if it's something stupid just ignore them, because they whine to get attention. Treat every whine differently, you can't say there's one solution to whining, because it depends what the whiner is whining about.