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I agree with you... though it wouldn't be that dramatic and thus less clic-baitish.

Really? Strikes me as equally dramatic: both are equally correct statements without added tone.

I can understand preferring the glass half full, though.

Getting something back is positive, losing something is negative. Negative is obviously more dramatic than positive.

> Negative is obviously more dramatic than positive.

I agree in the general case, but not everywhere. Shit like "Scientist cures cancer!" is equally dramatic and clickbaity in spite of being hugely positive.

I think you mix up dramatic and tabloid-ish

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