Optimistic or pessimistic?

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Are you an optimistic or a pessimistic person?
Optimistic; 10%  10%  [ 28 ]
Optimistic; 12%  12%  [ 34 ]
Pessimistic; 19%  19%  [ 53 ]
Pessimistic; 23%  23%  [ 65 ]
Depends. 17%  17%  [ 49 ]
Depends. 20%  20%  [ 57 ]
Total votes : 286

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04 Jan 2013, 7:21 am

About me, I put "depends" in the pool because it depends on my mood. There are days in which I feel very optimistic, and others in which I feel very pessimistic.


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04 Jan 2013, 1:06 pm

Most of the time I am pessimistic about everything. The only time I am optimistic is when I guy that I fancy flirts with me.


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04 Jan 2013, 3:27 pm

Generally pessimistic, but I feel optimistic from time to time.


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05 Jan 2013, 12:40 am

i alternate between meliorism and pejorism.



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14 Jan 2013, 10:47 am

It depends on the day here.


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19 Jan 2013, 3:45 am

I consider myself to be realistic. :P



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23 Jan 2013, 2:28 pm

auntblabby wrote:
i alternate between meliorism and pejorism.

Thank you for introducing me to these terms...much more succinct, nuanced and accurate.
As for myself - I tend toward the melioristic, when I'm not suffering a bout of cynicism :)



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23 Jan 2013, 10:42 pm

^^^
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26 Jan 2013, 1:13 am

I tend to be upbeat for the most part. You do the math.


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07 May 2013, 2:11 am

Depends but I'm usually a pessimist.


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27 May 2013, 3:04 pm

Most of the time, I am optimistic.


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30 Nov 2013, 9:03 pm

Pessimistic.

It's very hard for me to have a positive outlook sometimes...



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30 Nov 2013, 9:16 pm

expecting the worst from people gets old real quicklike.



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01 Dec 2013, 4:06 am

Pessimist. Not by inclination or birth, but rather through decades of experience dealing with human beings.

I believe it was Mark Twain who said "A pessimist is never disappointed."


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17 Jan 2014, 10:29 am

An optimist and a pessimist are arguing over a glass of water. Meanwhile an opportunist steals the glass of water.


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17 Jan 2014, 12:02 pm

poemadayguy wrote:
An optimist and a pessimist are arguing over a glass of water. Meanwhile an opportunist steals the glass of water.
a realist notices what's going on & walks off because he doesn't want to get caught up in the middle of all that.


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