Optimist or Pessimist : Which is better ?

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aquafireaquafire
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Is it better to be an optimist or a pessimist ?



Some say pessimism is better because when things go wrong or break your not as dissapointed.



Some say optimism is better because no matter what befalls you, you end up seeing the upside of the event.



I've decided I am basically an optimist..



And even though I have no empirical evidence to back it..think that in general Apple users are more optimistic than their pessimistic PeeCee cousins..







" We lucky few...we loyal band of brothers.." Henry V
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  • Reply 1 of 27
    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    If you've ever read future hardware, you'd know that Apple has turned everyone into pessimists.
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  • Reply 2 of 27
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    optimism is better. pluss, you get nicer girlfriends as an optimist.
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  • Reply 3 of 27
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by New

    optimism is better. pluss, you get nicer girlfriends as an optimist.



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  • Reply 4 of 27
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    When i am in good mood , i am optimist, while i am depressed i am pessimist.



    It's all that simple. \
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  • Reply 5 of 27
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Powerdoc

    When i am in good mood , i am optimist, while i am depressed i am pessimist.



    It's all that simple. \



    Nuts & bolts, chemical stew, hormones, enviromental effects, nature Vs nurture...



    Your right Powerdoc... " its all that simple "
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  • Reply 6 of 27
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    How many optimistic suicide victims do you think there are?
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  • Reply 7 of 27
    mlnjrmlnjr Posts: 230member
    An optimist can never be pleasantly surprised. If something good happens, they expected it to. That's why it's better to be a pessimist.
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  • Reply 8 of 27
    matt dangermatt danger Posts: 170member
    my girlfriend has this saying about Pessimist:



    If you are a pessimist and you are right you can tell everyone you were right. if you are wrong you're pleasantly surprised.
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  • Reply 9 of 27
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    Well, a pessmist can get to say "I told u so!'
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  • Reply 10 of 27
    jesperasjesperas Posts: 524member
    I tend to be an optimist, and believe that things will work out in the end.



    However, I also expect that between now and the end, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.



    Maybe I'm a pessimistic-optimist?



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  • Reply 11 of 27
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jesperas

    Maybe I'm a pessimistic-optimist?



    Nah, it's just that if it doesn't kill you it's not all that bad. It's actually good.
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  • Reply 12 of 27
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    I'd say optimisim is better.



    Pessimists are just a bunch of whiny sops.
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  • Reply 13 of 27
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Originally posted by Wrong Robust

    I'd say optimisim is better.



    Pessimists are just a bunch of whiny sops.



    President Bush goes to congress wanting to ask for tens of billions of dollars to spend in Eye-Rark.

    He makes it clear it isn't a loan to be paid back...



    At the end of his speech, he asks everyone to move into optimist or pessimist groupings. The congress members bemusedly follow his order..



    After a few minutes Bush marches straight over to where the pessimists are milling around...draws them into a huddle..and has a few words..



    Seconds later he is walking away with a wheel barrow overflowing with the money he was asking for..



    " Moral " of the joke...



    When it coms to asking for money..always hit on pessimists..because they never expect it back
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  • Reply 14 of 27
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    When it comes to anything technical, I am optimistic. When to people, pessimist .. to most people. NEver expect people to do anything altruistic or things that take any effort. I believed otherwise but just got tired... Of course there are some who have managed to make me be optimistic to their friends etc too.
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  • Reply 15 of 27
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    I originally thought being pessimistic was better, because whenever something bad happens you'd expect it to happen, and whenever something good happens you're pleasantly surprised. But the fact of the matter is that if you're an optimist, even if something bad happens you're still cool with things. I was late to work one day and really tired and I got stuck in THREE traffic jams one day and then I went to the dentist but even after all that crap, I went home and said, "My day has gone okay... could have been better but it also could have been worse!"



    When I'm in a pessimistic mood, it's usually more like, "Ugh, my day sucked as usual." Or if it was a good day, it might be something like "Ah, it was okay. I guess I had fun." So being a pessimist might seem better logically, but it isn't.
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  • Reply 16 of 27
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Originally posted by Luca Rescigno



    "My day has gone okay... could have been better but it also could have been worse!"



    Now that is a pragmatists "sitting on the fence of life " answer.



    "When I'm in a pessimistic mood, it's usually more like, "Ugh, my day sucked as usual." Or if it was a good day, it might be something like "



    Therefore :



    Pessimists " SUCK"

    Optimists " BLOW"
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  • Reply 17 of 27
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    When I'm feeling pessimistic, I think "It can't get any worse than this." When I'm optimistic, I think "Yes, it can!"
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  • Reply 18 of 27
    chinneychinney Posts: 1,019member
    It is better to be an optometrist.
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  • Reply 19 of 27
    burningwheelburningwheel Posts: 1,827member
    pessimist



    pessimist=realist
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  • Reply 20 of 27
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by burningwheel

    pessimist



    pessimist=realist



    Hey Mr Burningwheel what's happened to your count ?



    As of the time of my posting this, Ai's got you marked down as a senior member with 884 posts...



    Is that a result of turning wheel, burning wheel or a pessimist's reality check ?\
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