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01 Sep 2008, 5:59 pm

for me, its half full, im def more of a optimist rather then a pessimist

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01 Sep 2008, 7:03 pm

The way I see it... the glass is half-full and half-empty.... but the glass is still not compleatly full, regardless of what side you see.

But to be to the point, I suposse I'm a pessimist, though I preffer to call myself a realist. *Shrug*

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01 Sep 2008, 7:10 pm

Tahitiii wrote:

The glass is half-full. I'm basically an optimist.
But no one knows this because all they understand is the double-negative.
I complain when something bad is happening, and they say "stop being negative."
Most people simply don't know right from wrong. As long as everyone (who matters) is smiling, then it must be ok. Right?
When I'm an optimist, they just think I'm naive or they can't hear me at all.

It's not easy being an optimist in a corrupt world.

Could not have said it better my friend..

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01 Sep 2008, 9:36 pm

It annoys me when people say "oh you are an optimist", or what ever based solely on which phrase I decided to use at the time. I try to avoid such comparisons. I will never say something is half full or half empty only that something is at about half.

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01 Sep 2008, 9:38 pm

Depends on the day

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01 Sep 2008, 11:14 pm

Arbie wrote:

I will never say something is half full or half empty only that something is at about half.

That raises an interesting question. There's a subtle difference between what I say, think and feel.
What do I say? Well, usually nothing, because I'm surrounded by idiots who wouldn't get it.
What do I think? Whatever is dictated by objective reality (often half & half).
What I feel is usually that the glass is half full.

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