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28 Dec 2010, 10:33 am

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Pessimism is seen as bad because pessimists tend to give up where as optimists don't.

The vast majority of the world's problems, IMHO, come from the pessimist's mantra/self fulfilling prophecy: I can't make a difference.

Not with that attitude you can't. :wink:


How about this: Expect and prepare for the worst, and be grateful when it turns out better.



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28 Dec 2010, 11:59 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Tensu wrote:
Pessimism is seen as bad because pessimists tend to give up where as optimists don't.

The vast majority of the world's problems, IMHO, come from the pessimist's mantra/self fulfilling prophecy: I can't make a difference.

Not with that attitude you can't. :wink:


How about this: Expect and prepare for the worst, and be grateful when it turns out better.


That is why a pessimist can never be disappointed.

ruveyn



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28 Dec 2010, 12:23 pm

Pessimists can so be disappointed. As a lifelong Eeyore I cannot keep silent.

What, I predict a blizzard on the day my friend is due to get married and it turns out sunny?

You think I ENJOY that outcome?



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28 Dec 2010, 12:31 pm

ruveyn wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Tensu wrote:
Pessimism is seen as bad because pessimists tend to give up where as optimists don't.

The vast majority of the world's problems, IMHO, come from the pessimist's mantra/self fulfilling prophecy: I can't make a difference.

Not with that attitude you can't. :wink:


How about this: Expect and prepare for the worst, and be grateful when it turns out better.


That is why a pessimist can never be disappointed.

ruveyn


Yep, only pleasantly surprised.


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28 Dec 2010, 3:54 pm

skafather84 wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Tensu wrote:
Pessimism is seen as bad because pessimists tend to give up where as optimists don't.

The vast majority of the world's problems, IMHO, come from the pessimist's mantra/self fulfilling prophecy: I can't make a difference.

Not with that attitude you can't. :wink:


How about this: Expect and prepare for the worst, and be grateful when it turns out better.


That is why a pessimist can never be disappointed.

ruveyn


Yep, only pleasantly surprised.


Consider the movie Jurassic Park if the character of John Hammond had thought pessimistically about being solely reliant upon electricity to maintain safety.



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28 Dec 2010, 5:30 pm

That's not thinking pessimistically so much as it is just thinking. Believing that the park would never have a power outage wasn't optimistic: it was foolish.



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28 Dec 2010, 7:18 pm

Tensu wrote:
That's not thinking pessimistically so much as it is just thinking. Believing that the park would never have a power outage wasn't optimistic: it was foolish.


To a pessimist it is often difficult to tell an overly optimistic person apart from a foolish person.



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28 Dec 2010, 7:35 pm

Tensu wrote:
That's not thinking pessimistically so much as it is just thinking. Believing that the park would never have a power outage wasn't optimistic: it was foolish.


Being solely reliant on a single fat nerd to run everything is where Hammond fell over. Two nerds, or perhaps a team or staff of nerds would have averted a great deal of the problem. Also, placing the breakers nearer to the off switch. I get the impression that the contractors weren't up to the job.


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28 Dec 2010, 7:36 pm

or one genre savvy nerd