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Post #218267 - Reply to (#218237) by Calíbre
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chill, the glass simply is filled half-way....just let it go~ roll eyes


the question is
is the glass half full, or half empty.
You said filled half way, which means your an optimist.

The glass contains half of it's maximum content.


Maximum content = full
Therefore
The glass contains half of it's maximum content.
The glass contains half of it's full. (Lol?) = The glass is half full.
Which means your an optimist.

The pessimistic version of that wording would be:
The glass contains twice the amount of it's minimum content.

You can try to reword it all you want, your true nature will always come out.

If you ask me if my glass is half empty or half full... I'd say "It doesn't matter. All that matters is I need more."

The minimum content is 0. Twice the minimum is still 0.

Maximum content= capacity, not full. Partial capacity= not full.

So, the glass is contains the medium amount of fluid and/or contents.

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Post #218272 - Reply to (#218267) by ahoaho
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The pessimistic version of that wording would be:
The glass contains twice the amount of it's minimum content.

You can try to reword it all you want, your true nature will always come out.

The minimum content is 0. Twice the minimum is still 0.

Maximum content= capacity, not full. Partial capacity= not full.

So, the glass is contains the medium amount of fluid and/or contents.


Well... now that I think about it... half empty doesn't make sense either.

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Mmm...
I try to be optimistic. And I usually am more optimistic than pessimistic...
Kind of hard though, with all the bad stuff that's been going on in my life for the past few years... no

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Pessimistic.
The lower you are, the lesser the amount of pain you'll feel when you fall.

Now, I sound like a sob. xD

Post #218639 - Reply to (#217906) by Gany
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11:16 pm, Oct 22 2008
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I've been told I'm pessimistic and cynical. I think I'm just realist. bigrazz


Yap, they've called me pessimist and cynical but I prefer the term realist...

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I'm stupidly optimistic about certain things (my own safety and well being, most things within my life going well) and then for every thing else I'm a complete cynic.

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Well I'm more pessimistic mostly due to experiance, nothing good ever seems to last for me sometimes I screw it up and sometimes fate just kicks me in the balls

Post #218769 - Reply to (#218628) by Rainy Days
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The lower you are, the lesser the amount of pain you'll feel when you fall.


amen to that. Thats how I feel XD

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More optimistic than pessimistic.
I dunno, I just am none

I'm optimistic and cheery and all peachy one day. Then maybe pessimistic and dark and grumpy another : D

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i try my best to be optimistic but i tend to be pessimistic unfortunately.. no

Post #219000 - Reply to (#218125) by Dr. Love
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I'm optimistic and I'm very realist....

Yeah, I'm an optimistic realist too...

Whenever I tell anyone I'm just being realistic, they always say I'm trying to hide my pessimism. Why can't I be an optimistic realist?

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Post #219044 - Reply to (#219000) by xShatteredSoulx
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I'm optimistic and I'm very realist....

Yeah, I'm an optimistic realist too...

Whenever I tell anyone I'm just being realistic, they always say I'm trying to hide my pessimism. Why can't I be an optimistic realist?


Because it conflicts by definition. With optimism you're inherently looking for a positive way to spin things, realism inherently assumes the most likely occurrence, which usually isn't the "absolute best" outcome. If you believe that something can happen outside the bounds of likelihood (and that goes for pessimism as well), you're not being realistic.

We're all optimistic at times, and pessimistic and realistic. It's just a question of which philosophy you adopt the most often, or at least that's how I see it.

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But I'm realistic, because I never have high hopes for any occasion whatsoever. Though I'm an optimistic, because when something bad happens I always try to look at it from the bright side.

Does that make me an optimistic realist. embarrassed

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im an incredible optimist people could be dieing and still id try to see the bright side, its like that song "always look on the bright side of life"


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Post #219573 - Reply to (#219290) by Dr. Love
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But I'm realistic, because I never have high hopes for any occasion whatsoever. Though I'm an optimistic, because when something bad happens I always try to look at it from the bright side.

Does that make me an optimistic realist. embarrassed

If you go by that, then I'm an optimistic realist as well.

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