Which are you: optimistic or pessimistic?

17 years ago
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chill, the glass simply is filled half-way....just let it go~ 🙄
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."[/quote]
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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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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17 years ago
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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... 😔
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17 years ago
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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
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Yap, they've called me pessimist and cynical but I prefer the term realist...
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17 years ago
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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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17 years ago
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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
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17 years ago
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More optimistic than pessimistic.
I dunno, I just am 😐
I'm optimistic and cheery and all peachy one day. Then maybe pessimistic and dark and grumpy another : D
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17 years ago
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i try my best to be optimistic but i tend to be pessimistic unfortunately.. 😔

17 years ago
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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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17 years ago
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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. 😮
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17 years ago
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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"

17 years ago
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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. 😮
If you go by that, then I'm an optimistic realist as well.
I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?
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