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There's an ambiguity in the comment, but reading the comment charitably can dispel the notion that the person claimed any form of criticism is a form of maliciously bringing people down.

Read it however you want, but taken in context I disagree that that's their intended claim. I think that poster meant that malicious criticism is something that can make unhappy people feel a little better about themselves.



There is little ambiguity. The space of happiness was divided into two mutually exclusive groups (subtractive & additive) with the listed qualities.




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