Anger vs Joy

dp, 01 October 2009, View Comments
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Why is it that people get frustrated when something small goes “nearly” wrong but happy and joyous when something huge goes “nearly” wrong?

For example: when a piece of paper nearly falls in your soup, you get angry because of what could have happened; but when on an airplane that nearly has a bad landing, you and everyone else are happy that nothing bad actually happened.

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