Desperate optimism is weakness (and disguised panic)

When there's a crisis, a real crisis, people put on their happy faces. "It's not that bad", "we're overreacting", "We'll come out of it fine!" Behind this cheerful exterior, I can feel an attempt to reason away reality. It's bargaining- isn't that one of the stages of grief? I guess we've made progress if we've moved on from denial.

I'm disappointed at seeing this shit all over the conspiracy subs because it's obviously mirroring the establishment narrative. I'm not afraid of hearing bad news and you don't have to be, either.

I'd like to invite any kind of negative comments in this thread.