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Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?

 
notTHIShipagain

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09/27/2022 08:30 PM

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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
you idiots want to say you are 'realists' and you 'tell it and see it like it is'

but that's just empty bullshit, your insecurities and social engineering talking

when folks ask this question...it's all but certain they are behind in the school of life

tell me next how you're an 'old soul'

fucking morans
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Maybe they're Starseeds!!!!
Anonymous Coward
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09/27/2022 08:35 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
A pessimist is just a better informed optimist.
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09/27/2022 08:36 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Some would call me a fatalist. I see myself as a realist. I know the human race has to hit rock bottom before it learns what really matters.
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09/27/2022 08:36 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Realist, but I think if everyone is brutally honest, they would admit they are all of these occasionally at times as well.

We should coin a better term than conspiracy theorist and call it conspiracy realist lol
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A pessimist is just a better informed optimist.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
you idiots want to say you are 'realists' and you 'tell it and see it like it is'

but that's just empty bullshit, your insecurities and social engineering talking

when folks ask this question...it's all but certain they are behind in the school of life

tell me next how you're an 'old soul'

fucking morans
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73162567


Maybe they're Starseeds!!!!
 Quoting: notTHIShipagain


There anger and frustration tells you all you need to know. They crave to be one of use yet know they never will be.
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09/27/2022 08:47 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
All of the above, the joy of being a nihilistic catastrophist
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Perfect. I feel absolutely the same. Unbelievable. Two humans think alike for once on GLP.
 Quoting: pool


How do you define it?
 Quoting: Secretizer


A dictionary should suffice, lol there's more of us out there I'm sure :D
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09/27/2022 08:59 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
you idiots want to say you are 'realists' and you 'tell it and see it like it is'

but that's just empty bullshit, your insecurities and social engineering talking

when folks ask this question...it's all but certain they are behind in the school of life

tell me next how you're an 'old soul'

fucking morans
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73162567


well we all know what 'category' you fit into there chief! you revealed yourself in this post.

BTTF-idi0t

time for you to walk over to the nearest mirror and see for yourself... come on... get some clarity about yourself!
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A pessimist is just a better informed optimist.
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hesright
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09/27/2022 09:03 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
 Quoting: eyeDR3



So basically the question is are you are realist or not?

Because optimism is the ignoring of reality and living in a state of hopium and copium.

And pessimism is the ignoring of reality and living in a state of anger and depression.


Both equally ignore the reality at hand.

Because in reality, all possibilities and outcomes exist. Whether you like it or not, or whether you want to live in a fantasy world or not.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I am definitely an optometrist
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I didn't see that coming.
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09/27/2022 09:54 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
All of the above, the joy of being a nihilistic catastrophist
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84063464


Perfect. I feel absolutely the same. Unbelievable. Two humans think alike for once on GLP.
 Quoting: pool


How do you define it?
 Quoting: Secretizer


A dictionary should suffice, lol there's more of us out there I'm sure :D
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84063464


I didn’t ask you and no you can’t find a phrase in a dictionary. Do you not know what a dictionary is?
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Some would call me a fatalist. I see myself as a realist. I know the human race has to hit rock bottom before it learns what really matters.
 Quoting: Common sense man 83839003


It has hit bottom many times before and it didn’t change anything.
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Perfect. I feel absolutely the same. Unbelievable. Two humans think alike for once on GLP.
 Quoting: pool


How do you define it?
 Quoting: Secretizer


A dictionary should suffice, lol there's more of us out there I'm sure :D
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84063464


I didn’t ask you and no you can’t find a phrase in a dictionary. Do you not know what a dictionary is?
 Quoting: Secretizer


Dude I'm the original poster, I'm not here to make life simple for you, I'm a nihilistic catastrophist, your concerns are like dust on the wind to me, and it was also a joke
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Realist, but I think if everyone is brutally honest, they would admit they are all of these occasionally at times as well.

We should coin a better term than conspiracy theorist and call it conspiracy realist lol
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73376689


Conspiracy Realist.

That could catch on.

Nice one.
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How do you define it?
 Quoting: Secretizer


A dictionary should suffice, lol there's more of us out there I'm sure :D
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84063464


I didn’t ask you and no you can’t find a phrase in a dictionary. Do you not know what a dictionary is?
 Quoting: Secretizer


Dude I'm the original poster, I'm not here to make life simple for you, I'm a nihilistic catastrophist, your concerns are like dust on the wind to me, and it was also a joke
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84063464


Just admit you are lazy and move on.
Abe Froman

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09/27/2022 10:02 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Im the type of dude that roots for the underdog. Sometimes I wonder if its my generation.

We grew up on The Bad News Bears, Rocky, The Karate Kid, we actually witnessed "The Miracle on Ice".

We also witnessed and probably voted in the greatest president the United States has ever had.

That was some real ass underdog shit.
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optimist!
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I'd say I'm a realist. No use pretending shit aint hitting the fan. Just trying to do my best to stay calm and be prepared one day at a time. Wish I had my family on board, it feels like i'm a lone in this sometime they just laugh and say yeah yeah you're right but i don't think they're taking things seriously. people are so mentally lazy and just want to be numb and hide from truth and reality, ok sorry off my ranting soap box
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09/27/2022 10:10 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
There is no way on God's green earth that 3/4s of people are "realists". 3/4s might be liars, but certainly not realists.

I'm 67 years old and have had several different careers (retired) in distant areas. I think a more truthful assessment of the percentage of realists would be 20%--at best. No doubt some confuse being a sniveling anus caresser with being a realist--it is not the same. Such people seem to be the majority now.

Perhaps 40-50 years ago most were realists than not, but it is a far different world today. Crybabies, suck asses and fake optimists on Prozac are the norm.
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You are correct, but this is GLP.
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Secretizer

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09/27/2022 10:22 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
How do you define it?
 Quoting: Secretizer


go with the flow.
 Quoting: pool


Thank you for defining it although it sounds like a philosophy of “water is wet”.

It is an empty, vapid philosophy signifying nothing and that precludes any hard intellectual thought.

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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
There is no way on God's green earth that 3/4s of people are "realists". 3/4s might be liars, but certainly not realists.

I'm 67 years old and have had several different careers (retired) in distant areas. I think a more truthful assessment of the percentage of realists would be 20%--at best. No doubt some confuse being a sniveling anus caresser with being a realist--it is not the same. Such people seem to be the majority now.

Perhaps 40-50 years ago most were realists than not, but it is a far different world today. Crybabies, suck asses and fake optimists on Prozac are the norm.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76873815


Maybe “realists” are more likely to respond to such a poll.

Pessimists will be worried about data mining and optimists have no reason to be on this site to begin with and are outside chasing butterflies.

Either way - it’s a small sample.

And “realist” is an ambiguous term.
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09/27/2022 10:29 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
100 and tree fitty odd percent Realist, always have been, and always hated for speaking my mind when that moment comes. Couldn't begin to count the times I've had to say, "Sorry, but I'm a Realist and you're just being stupid", lol.
Happy in Nature

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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I voted blank becasue there is no category for Pragmatic Optimist. :)
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Primarily an optimist.
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09/27/2022 10:31 PM
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Is it even possible to be a realist and not be a pessimist?

I declare that one cannot be a real realist without also being a pessimist at the present time.

Other than divine intervention there is no way anything good will come to anyone who is good in the next 20 years minimum.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I am all three, if not, there is no point for strategy!
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Actually I'm an engineer, the glass is the wrong size.
Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast.

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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I voted blank becasue there is no category for Pragmatic Optimist. :)
 Quoting: Happy in Nature


Leave it to you my Dear... 1rof1

Bravo!
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
There is no way on God's green earth that 3/4s of people are "realists". 3/4s might be liars, but certainly not realists.

I'm 67 years old and have had several different careers (retired) in distant areas. I think a more truthful assessment of the percentage of realists would be 20%--at best. No doubt some confuse being a sniveling anus caresser with being a realist--it is not the same. Such people seem to be the majority now.

Perhaps 40-50 years ago most were realists than not, but it is a far different world today. Crybabies, suck asses and fake optimists on Prozac are the norm.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76873815


Maybe “realists” are more likely to respond to such a poll.

Pessimists will be worried about data mining and optimists have no reason to be on this site to begin with and are outside chasing butterflies.

Either way - it’s a small sample.

And “realist” is an ambiguous term.
 Quoting: Secretizer


Fair points.





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