Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

[527468]

I'm either a negative optimist or a positive pessimist, but never exactly a combination of these two.

 

[cascadeco]

Situationally one or the other.

I'm more of a pessimist in how I view humanity as a whole, events/trends, and the planet on a large scale; I choose to be more optimistic when I view individuals and my own life and future.

 

[Thursday]

i'm an idealist - so i see both sides and mash them up until a milky ideal is produced

 

[kyuuei]

A realistic optimist? Probably not. It's a goal I'm working toward. I seem to see the best in people even when I have no real reason to. I'm not entirely trusting, but if I'm a pessimist than water tastes like kool-aid. .. And you need a packet for that to happen.

 

[BlackCat]

I am a...



Hey wait, you stole the label I created. No wait, technically I called myself an idealistic pessimist.

Honestly I'm not quite sure, but this is what I wrote in a previous topic:

STUFFNESS

What you said was an optimistic... realist?

 

[Lasting_Pain]

I'm either a negative optimist or a positive pessimist, but never exactly a combination of these two.

examples or I do not believe you

 

[Serendipity]

A nice blend of Idealism and Cynicism. xD Oh, and "".
Many dreams die on the way of becoming something... else. (I would prefer to put in "greater" but honestly it's nothing but a change. It's obviously better in my view, most of the times but in yours? I doubt it. xD)

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I try to keep the attitude of the optimist, but allow pessimism to form my contingency plans. Ideally plan A is optimistic, but then plan B, C, D, E, F... are based on progressively more pessimistic scenarios.

Experience has taught me that life is capable of throwing any scenario at you.

 

[cascadeco]

I try to keep the attitude of the optimist, but allow pessimism to form my contingency plans. Ideally plan A is optimistic, but then plan B, C, D, E, F... are based on progressively more pessimistic scenarios.

Experience has taught me that life is capable of throwing any scenario at you.

I do that too! Worst case scenario contingency planning and projections!! So I try to be generally optimistic about my life, and I think I am, but also in the back of my mind I'm 'prepared' for things to be difficult, and actually have expectations of a sort that unexpected things will pop up. It's not a dominating force/thought, but it's just kinda sitting there in the back of my mind.

 

[mlittrell]

I was going to make a really long and vague post filled with BS, but I realize this is basically it

lol can anyone say "oxymoron"

 

[scantilyclad]

i'm a situational optimist, but for some reason i can never be optimistic when it involves me. I think i'm naturally pessimistic.

 

[mortabunt]

Pessimist.

 

[hommefatal]

It changes. Usually I'm a optimist. When I'm indifferent about things I'm a realist. When I'm depressed I'm a pessimist sometimes.

 

[NewEra]

Generally more of an optimist. With my deep-held beliefs of never giving up and hard work paying off, I think more optimistically.

 

[Sentura]

i'm an idiot.

 

[porous_shield]

I'm more the glass contains 10 fluid oz. I tend to temper whomever I'm around so if it's an optimist than I'm pessimistic and vice versa.

 

[Virtual ghost]

I classify myself as a realist with strong relativistic tendencies.

 

[swordpath]

Pessimist. Always have been... Mom used to call me Eeyore.

 

[Kasper]

Moved from MBTI.


I don't do pessimism.

 

[Little Linguist]

It changes. Usually I'm a optimist. When I'm indifferent about things I'm a realist. When I'm depressed I'm a pessimist sometimes.

^ Yep. Though sometimes I can even manage to be a realist when I am not indifferent. Sometimes....