This is because so long as they begrudgingly ruminate on how the the world has failed to live up to their expectations, they get to enjoy two indulgences.
First, the get to imagine that their standards are so important that other people, the weather, social/political trends, and God himself should all be living up to that measure. I suppose this also makes the cynic very important to, for having grumped so hard in order to create these categorical expectations.
Second, they get to appear to be aware of the world, despite never actually stopping thinking about themselves. It is their pain, their inconvenience, their disappointment. The narrative can move from issue to issue, but so long as the criticisms continue, the self fixation never has to end.
Of course they don't want to be grateful! Their pity party would have to end. Gratitude is a supreme act of otherness, as it actually defines our life in terms of the things in it.
Trust me, gratitude is more fun than resentfulness. Just another example of how good is its own reward.
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