@DeWayfarer I didn’t specify that action was necessary because for me, it wasn’t relevant. It was simply "in what order would you like to receive the information". For you it doesn’t matter, if there’s no action required—which is fair enough.

@bijouxbroussard no. Two separate things. And not either good or bad.

It's a matter of perspectives.

The indifference is one perspective, that applies to things that don't matter.

The actions is the other perspective. And that applies to good AND bad. That's not indifference, if It applies to actions, which is the opposite of indifference.

It's a perspective that none has looked at, because good and bad are a matter of perspective.

What could be good for one person could quite possibly bad for another. Or could even be a matter of indifference or actions, either good or bad.

@DeWayfarer Sigh. And here I thought I’d understood the point you were making. I’m going to have to just accept that I didn’t, and keep going. 🙁

@JamesBugman I'm afraid your example doesn't make a lot of sense. Has anyone ever been told they're being fired, but also getting a pay raise? You either get fired or you get a pay raise. I've never heard of both things happening at the same time.

@Rutterman Yes, maybe that was a bad example, how about You have 2 months to live, your Gonorrhea is cured.

@JamesBugman That's a better example. It's hard to imagine any piece of good news that would offset the bad news that you're going to die soon.

@Teggy So, bad news first ?

@bijouxbroussard always please