The right to complain

You know the people who just incessantly complain for the sake of it? That they have not enough money to take far away trips, that they have too many meetings, that they don't get the promotions they desire, that traffic is terrible, that the neighbour's cat is pooping all over the place...

Complaining does have a point. At some point you need to make clear what you think about a situation. And you can do it once. Maybe twice. But after the third time it just becomes a repetitive record player. The point of giving out the signal, is that something is done about it. Otherwise, complaining is just for the sake of it, irritating the hell out of everyone else.

If you've done nothing to improve upon a situation to complain about, if you didn't fix the car you've broken; if you were basically underperforming, so you didn't earn that promotion; if you complain about you fitness, but didn't exercise... you have not earned the right to complain about it. Complaining should be justified.

However, in the absence of complaining, it should not be inferred that you like the situation. It is merely tolerable. Last time I checked, tolerance does not equal love, want or even interest. I don't complain about the weather. That doesn't mean I want to be a weatherman, or that I wouldn't prefer the climate in the tropics. Not complaining doesn't equal liking.