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Optimist 33 50.77%
Pessimist 23 35.38%
Neither 9 13.85%
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Old 11-17-2003, 04:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Optimist or Pessimist?

I am a huuuuuuge optimist. I try to pass it onto all my friends. I just think it's a good way to look at life. Why think so negative and be unhappy? Thinking things will work out has helped me with a lot of things and makes life simplier and more enjoyable.
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Old 11-17-2003, 04:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Optimist, always. I've been told with certainty that I should have died on more than one occasion. Optimism has served me well.
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:14 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm a very optimistic person. I subscribe to the doctrine "in every bad there is much much good"
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:16 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Huge optimist here as well, always have been, always will be.
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Optimist here too. Why be angry when you can laugh every five minutes? Being happy is the way to live life, and it makes everything so much more enjoyable.
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:36 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm a pessimist. I don't like being one either, I try to change my outlook but it just isn't the way I am. Funny how I choose optimist as friends. It might be an "opposites attract type thing" because I have a good friend who is an extreme optimist, when comes to decision making and the like our outlooks tend to cancel each other out, so we come up with something somewhere in between.
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Pessimist, I wasn't always this way. But I do have my oppimistic moments.
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Old 11-17-2003, 06:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I am definitely an optimist. I believe people are generally good, that the world is a mostly fair place, and that I've got a growing truckload of good karma coupons waiting to be redeemed one day.
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Old 11-17-2003, 08:16 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Im a pessamist. At least other people think so, I prefer realist.
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Old 11-17-2003, 08:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Pessimist.


Everything sucks.
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Old 11-17-2003, 08:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
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i´m a bit of a pessimist.
well, maybe i´m just a cynical optimist... is that possible?
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Old 11-17-2003, 09:34 PM   #12 (permalink)
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i'm an optimistic pessimist. i'm always gonna expect the worst, even though i naively hope for the best. even though i know that's not gonna happen.
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Old 11-17-2003, 09:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
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i love being an optomist. the world is brighter that way, even when its raining.
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:11 AM   #14 (permalink)
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i'm really both, depending on the situation. It seems that many things in my life get the optimist in me, but certain things still have me perpetually pessimistic, like girls. I ALWAYS assume i'll never get anywhere, find what i'm looking for, and that they won't find me attractive, etc. But in most things in life i'm fairly optimistic, tempered with realism.
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:21 AM   #15 (permalink)
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I used to be an optimist. Seeing people screw each other over changed my mind.
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:39 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 11-18-2003, 01:29 AM   #17 (permalink)
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always look at the good side of things... optimist would be me!
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Old 11-18-2003, 01:36 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Old 11-18-2003, 03:00 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Optimist.

Life is awesome.
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Old 11-18-2003, 03:27 AM   #20 (permalink)
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I'm a realist...

The glass is half full of something that gives me a rash.
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Old 11-18-2003, 04:16 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I try to be optimistic. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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Old 11-18-2003, 04:44 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I don't mean to not answer directly, so I'll at least include the word "optimist" in my self-characterization.

There is nothing more central to my world-view than honing a working conception of "realism". I'd say I am a realist. But as I consistently emphasize the positive aspects of things, I can say I'm a realistic optimist.
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Old 11-18-2003, 06:37 AM   #23 (permalink)
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While I do have my bad days like everyone else, I'd say overall I'm an optimistic person. I always try to find the good in any situation.
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Old 11-18-2003, 06:40 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I'm a fullblooded Pessimist, expect the worst and you'll get nothing but happy suprises or right to gloat in that you were right all along..
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Old 11-18-2003, 06:52 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Old 11-18-2003, 07:13 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Pessimistic here, no idea why though.
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Old 11-18-2003, 07:14 AM   #27 (permalink)
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I'm an optimist in relationships, a pessimist in most other things. I tend not to try things that I'm not sure I will succeed at. It leaves my expectations constantly high, but with very few expectations. What would that qualify me as?
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Old 11-18-2003, 07:20 AM   #28 (permalink)
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An optimist however i do avoid thinking about death. I think its important to enjoy life.
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Old 11-18-2003, 07:33 AM   #29 (permalink)
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optimist for sure.
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Old 11-18-2003, 08:20 AM   #30 (permalink)
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It kind of depends on the situation. I'm optimistic sometimes, but I also get pessimistic when it comes to situations where I know something is not likely to happen (i.e. trying to recruit volunteers at church to do anything is ridiculously hard and even then they will gripe and moan the whole time).
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Old 11-18-2003, 09:14 AM   #31 (permalink)
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i expect the worse but dont dwell on it


i guess i am more of a cynic then any thing
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Old 11-18-2003, 09:31 AM   #32 (permalink)
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'nuff said.
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Old 11-18-2003, 09:33 AM   #33 (permalink)
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I dont think Im a pessimist, but rather a realist. A lot of my friends call me a pessimist though, so I voted pessimist.
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:22 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I'm not negative so I'm not a pessimist.
However, I do know the shit in life and what people do in it,
but I still try to look on the good side of things and move forward.

So I'd say a cynical optimist.
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:29 PM   #35 (permalink)
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i'm not sure if you can really fit me into one of these categories. but i chose pessimism, at my core. i'd like to think of myself as a "learned optimist" though because i have, for the most part, a pretty good outlook on everything. but i'm also a realist, so some people might mistake it for pessimism. why be optimistic for world peace when you KNOW that is never going to happen. i may hope it will, but lets be realistic.
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Old 11-18-2003, 01:25 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Generally speaking, I'm an optimist. Moreso when I'm at work because that's just the environment we keep, but also elsewhere. No sense in getting all hung up about most things.

Of course, there are also things that I do get hung up about, and in those cases I'm a pessimist. But not too often.
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Old 11-18-2003, 03:41 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Generally an optimist. Depends really though.
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Old 11-18-2003, 05:02 PM   #38 (permalink)
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If you don't allow yourself the release of looking forward to what may come, then why live? I like to say I'm a realist. To some that can sometimes translate to pessimist, but that's just unrealistic...
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Old 11-18-2003, 05:28 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Most people say I'm optomistic. I would tend to say realistic with a positive outlook.
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Old 11-18-2003, 08:42 PM   #40 (permalink)
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I have a very optimistic view of life in generall... however I am quite the cynical pesimist when someone/something irks me.
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