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Overall, do you tend to see things more in a negative or positive way? I'm not talking annoyingly bubbly everything-is-perfect-optimism, nor I-hate-my-life-kill-me pessimism here. Just overall. We all go up and down...but I tend to be mostly optimistic in life (and politics).

Same here. Still, I make sure to see the dark sside of life as much as the optimist's side. I think it helps reinforce my attitude.

I'm pessimistic and cynical.

I'm an annoyingly bubbly everything-is-perfect-optimist.

I'm a very pessimistic person. I'm a firm believer in 'if something can go wrong, it almost certainly will'.

I'm an annoyingly bubbly everything-is-perfect-optimist.

Dude, in another thread you just said people would kill and eat you. That's optimistic?

Dude, in another thread you just said people would kill and eat you. That's optimistic?

Depends if you want to be killed and eaten.

Depends if you want to be killed and eaten.

Dammit, now I'm gonna have to go back to work. When will you people learn not to make me laugh and alert my coworkers that I'm goofing off?

Murphy's Law (I think): Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

Pessimism? I call it realism. You aren't dissappointed with pessimism... or realism.

I plan for the worst and expect the best. So i'm a pesoptimist I think.

I see myself more as an Optimisitic Pessimist

I plan for the worst and expect the best. So i'm a pesoptimist I think.

Did someone say something about PEZ? I love candy.

The glass is neither half empty, nor is it half full. The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

I'm a pessimist. The bright side of things hurts my eyes.

Neither, i'm a Realist

I am a cynical optimist.

The glass is neither half empty, nor is it half full. The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

So should one place the drink in a new glass every time one takes a swallow?

I'm an optimistic pessimist. The worst is going to happen but laugh at your pain and hey, why not everyone elses, and you'll be fine.

I'm a pessimist.

Neither, i'm a Realist
I almost put that as an option, but I thought everyone would then choose it, considering pessimism and optimism to be unrealistic. I don't think that's really the case though.

Overall, do you tend to see things more in a negative or positive way? I'm not talking annoyingly bubbly everything-is-perfect-optimism, nor I-hate-my-life-kill-me pessimism here. Just overall. We all go up and down...but I tend to be mostly optimistic in life (and politics).
my father once told me that one's personal philosophy in life mostly boils down to a simple decision: do you want to be an optimist and a fool, or a pessimist and right?

I am a bit of both. I'm generally optimistic. I can get really badly suicidally negative though. But I always end up finding hope so I guess my optimism comes out top.

I'm an optimist, though I have a friend who wants to become an optometrist, lol.

my father once told me that one's personal philosophy in life mostly boils down to a simple decision: do you want to be an optimist and a fool, or a pessimist and right?

In that case, fools often change the world.

In that case, fools often change the world.
i should probably add: my father chooses the first of the two options. :)

I normally describe myself as optimistically pessimistic. Sometimes I take great joy in being a cynical female dog, knowing the world sucks and enjoying it. Otherwise I tend to be optimistic.
I can be a bit of a worrier though.

my father once told me that one's personal philosophy in life mostly boils down to a simple decision: do you want to be an optimist and a fool, or a pessimist and right?
Yeah yeah...

We'll see who's 'right' when the pessimists die of high blood pressure and the optimists drift by in blissful bliss:).

I'm not pessimistic but I've got a cynical edge

I'm an Optimist, but sometimes I got a razor sharp pessimist edge.

I believe that the world needs both kind of people, take this as an example:

The optimist invented the airplane, and the pessimist invented the parachute. :D

99% of the time, I'm an optimist. .9% of the time, I'm a realist. .1% of the time...I'm a pessimist. :confused:

I'm a natural pessimist who forces myself to be an opptimist. It is almost natural by now.

Optimetrist?

I'm pessimistic and paranoid. I believe (rather blindly) that life is constantly trying to piss me off constantly, uniquely and personally.

i should probably add: my father chooses the first of the two options. :)

I was kidding around. I actually heard it, be an optimist and risk being a fool or be a pessimist and risk being right.

EDIT: Or hope you're not a fool and hope you're not right (though that one makes less sense - how do you hope when you're a pessimist)

Overall, I'm an optimist. But pessimistic about my lovel life :(

Overall, I'm an optimist. But pessimistic about my lovel life :(
Same here my fellow poster. :(

I try to be as much of a realist as possible, though i tend to be rather cynical about things and hate people who are bouncy-happy...

I'm a pessimist. I find its a much happier life than being an optimist. If you expect the worst, you're prepared for it, and if everything turn out well, than you feel much better at having you expectations improved upon.

A realist.

Plus, eyeballs hold no real interest for me.