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molecularfire
08-05-2003, 08:10 PM
So... a friend of mine and I were having a discussion on whether if you were given a choice of good news and bad news, which one would you want to hear first. Note: It's NOT a choice of which one would you rather hear... it a choice of which one you would rather hear first.
ufcrusher
08-05-2003, 08:14 PM
Ill take the bad news first....that way the good news will help get rid of the ill feeling.
Markel
08-05-2003, 08:15 PM
Originally posted by ufcrusher
Ill take the bad news first....that way the good news will help get rid of the ill feeling.
:stupid:
bachviet
08-05-2003, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Markel

:stupid:
Same here
RoniMan
08-05-2003, 08:21 PM
:stupid:
Nija
08-05-2003, 08:47 PM
I always take the bad news first. Start low and work your way up.
whitak24
08-05-2003, 08:50 PM
well.....it seems that whenever someone says that, what it really means is "you're screwed, but there's a minor factor that is somewhat mitigating and might help you out a little, so we'll spin that and call it 'good news'". so you might as well hear the bad news first because a.) it's usually the important news and b.) the good news is usually such a part of the bad news that the bad news would have to be explained in order to understand the good news.

(ie, the dr. never comes in and says "i have bad news and i have good news. the bad news is that you have cancer. the good news is that it's sunny today." he says "the bad news is that you have cancer. the good news is that we caught it early". if he told you "we caught it early" before you knew it was cancer, it just wouldn't make sense.)
slaus
08-05-2003, 09:07 PM
I rather have the bad news because its usually something you need to solve right away.
Showtime
08-05-2003, 09:37 PM
Bah, the good, the bad.
Its the ugly I worry about.

:P

-jel:halo:
Ladogaboy
08-05-2003, 10:52 PM
I would not care either way. Unless it is a situation similar to what whitak is talking about... then of course, bad news first.
Thesifer
08-05-2003, 11:23 PM
ill take the good news first.. just to be different... i like being depressed
Memo
08-06-2003, 05:23 AM
I'll take them both at the same time, have a friend help you out telling me one set of news at the same time you tell me the other set and then i'll be thoroughly confused and have not heard what the news really is