Poll: In a general sense, are you pessimistic or optimistic?
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Optimism has a positive impact on one's outcomes, so I try to do that.
Of course, I'm not very successful.
But when I'm not depressed to hell, I take a circular logic bit of optimism: "I'll succeed because I have to succeed." It doesn't make any sense, but it's gotten me through the last 3 semesters.
Of course, I'm not very successful.
But when I'm not depressed to hell, I take a circular logic bit of optimism: "I'll succeed because I have to succeed." It doesn't make any sense, but it's gotten me through the last 3 semesters.
I expect the worse to come out of a situation, and I rarely expect the best, so mostly pessimistic.
I think I'm more pessimistic than optimistic.
Granted it's not like I dread for the failure or the worst outcome, it just won't suprise me when it does happen so I wouldn't complain about it (if it happens, it happens).
Granted it's not like I dread for the failure or the worst outcome, it just won't suprise me when it does happen so I wouldn't complain about it (if it happens, it happens).
That sounds more like fatalism than pessimism to me.Scarim Coral said:
On Topic: I have become increasingly pessimistic ever since I became sick five years ago.
Nine out of ten times, whenever something unexpected/out of the ordinary happens, it's for the worse. Not necessarily BAD, but let's just say serendipity is in short supply in this life. Not that it is too much of a bother. For someone who spends more time trying to understand the theories that try to sort of almost not really explain everything (a unified theory is nowhere to be found as of yet, so that's probably why) than doing something useful, like say get a job, or go to a university or something, the worst things to happen on a personal level tend to seem quite insignificant, when compared to the stuff that goes on everywhere, all the time.
So it seems the point is that yeah, going to have to say pessimistic. And cynical. And probably nihilistic as well.
So it seems the point is that yeah, going to have to say pessimistic. And cynical. And probably nihilistic as well.
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Optimist. Not that I put high hopes on everything, but I always like to keep an open mind. Yeah, some (some might say most) things in life or society can suck, but it makes great moments shine all the more brighter. As long as you learn from the bad stuff instead of dwell on them, I think you may find life worth living. That, and I always prefer a more positive atmosphere than a negative one.
The bastards! That's league's job >:0Calibanbutcher said:
... Er I mean... Damnit... *uses stolen neuralizer*
Yeah, those jerk CIA men! How dare they?!?!? *glances around nervously*
Really? Because you always seem like someone who'd be entirely optimistic... [sub][sub][sub]and also a bit insane[/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][sub][sub][sub] Like the joker XD[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]mParadox said:
OT: I guess optimistic? I don't really know, just that I'm not pessimistic.
I'm a hell of an optimist, I pretty much think about anything bad and eventually i'll be able to draw at something positive out of it. I dunno why, it's just in my nature I suppose. Maybe I just assume things will get better, i've learned that a lot of shit can happen within the space of a year at least. If that means anything
More of a pessimist, but it's been in my philosophy so long it's evolved into a kind of "eh, whatever may be, may be" -mentality. I'll just try to make good decisions and see if the consequences suck or not. I don't spend hours sulking about how everything's going to shit. But I actually realized some time ago that I tend to not have faith in people without even thinking about it.
I flip-flop honestly. I like the philosophy of expecting everything to be shit so you can either be absolutely right or, pleasantly surprised but that's a small comfort when it happens night-after-night at work. I wouldn't call myself a pessimistic person though, I just don't have any work satisfaction quite yet. Also that's not really a philosophy I guess, just a meme made up by Yahtzee (I think, could be wrong) and it is pretty nice when applied to movies and video games...Hell, it was a philosophy that made Prometheus a ton of fun for me when I saw that...didn't help so much for Ultimates Volume 1...
Bad things seem to continue happening to pessimists even if an original bad thing caused them to be pessimistic. Despite some things happening to me that definitely could cause me to be pessimistic i see no reason to worsen my chances of a happy life by constantly being doom and gloom. Nothing to lose being optimistic!
Also people who assume the worst but hope for the best to avoid "disappointment" all the time. Seriously? I dont find it too difficult to handle what so ever. I dont understand why this would be so hard to be frank. Not in every day life at any rate.
Also people who assume the worst but hope for the best to avoid "disappointment" all the time. Seriously? I dont find it too difficult to handle what so ever. I dont understand why this would be so hard to be frank. Not in every day life at any rate.
Nothing really to lose by being an optimist. You'll be disappointed, sure, but because you're optimistic, you'll probably find a silver lining in there anyway! Makes you happier on the whole even if it's "irresponsible and idiotic" to not hate the world all the time forever.
