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Stop Being a Complainer

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

The Negative Emotional Charge of Complaining

Willbowin: A complaint is expressing discontent with something. He says there are times when it's okay to use an expletive, such as in Miami traffic. But if you're doing it to get your social needs met, he says, that kind of complaining is bad itself and destructive. "If I stop you on the foot, you're going to curse," Willbowin said.

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