Poll: Optimist or Pessimist?

[Pumpkin_Eater]

Realist. Most people would call me a pessimist though, so that's what I put. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Be paranoid, because you never know who's going to come after you.

 

[CapnGod]

How about a fatalistic realist? Cause I think I'm something more along those lines.

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

I'm definitely an optimist. I usually think things will turn out fine, which they ultimately do usually (I'm a lucky person sometimes). No sense getting worried over stuff, and imagining that bad things might happen. I believe that, at least in some cases, that if you assume it will be al right, it will be right. Yet when you think you're going to fail, you will fail. Of course I add a pinch of realism to this, since I'm quite a rational being and I know some things are just impossible.

 

[Peach_hat]

I searched and didn't find any topics pertaining to this.

Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist and why?

I can swing either way sometimes but I am usually pessimistic. I do not know exactly why but I always jump to the worst conclusion about everything, my girlfriend is always chiding me for being a "glass is half-empty" person.

The pessimist says "things just can't get any worse.."
The optimist replies "sure they can!"

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Where there is life there is hope. The world is a big and beautiful place, and we live on it. Lots to see and do here, lots to love about the world and about life. What have we really got to be pessimistic about? Treasure every moment of your time because it isn't a moment you are going to get back.

I am an optimist.

 

[Killerabbit]

I voted optimist, and then saw we we're losing on numbers... OH GOD WE ARE ALL DOOMED

 

[Inverse Skies]

Optimist. I'm always looking forward to things and expecting the best of myself. Part of it comes from my stubbornness, but I enjoy that lifestyle.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I call myself a realist (I just recognise patterns after a while), but I would get called a major pessimist. You can see my hope as some kind of bunker, my whole (short) life it's been shot at constantly, and well after a while it simply crumbles apart, bit by bit. My bunker has been shot to dust now, it's all gone now. I also can't stand foundationless optimism, "It will all be alright!" No it won't dammit, things just won't POOF be alright. Yes, I'm a bitter person. *Gets the phone to finally call that therapist. (yes I really am, after I press the post button, it's about damned time something happens)*

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Those poll results are fucking depressing.

Hang on, you're talking about a bunch of nutters...

I am pessimistic, I always find something wrong with a good situation, don't ask why...

 

[ThreeWords]

Optimist, cause despite what people say, nothing ever goes worse for me than slightly disappointing

 

[Brokkr]

I can go either way, depending on the topic. Usually though I fall in the pessimist category.

 

[rekabdarb]

Neither. Both are fundamentally flawed. I'm a Realist.

i wanted to say that

 

[rekabdarb]

"People say the glass is half full, but they don't say of what."

-Scott Adams

half full of bullsh*t