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Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?

 
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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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I think not my friend, a real Realist at his/her core is very simply defined, we see the big picture for what it is, cannot stand the annoying and frivolous details, and don't ever put sugar or lemon in our iced tea. I think they call it Au Naturale...

THERE WILL BE NO MIXING IN THE TRUTH.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
How would you describe yourself?

Is the glass half full, half empty, not exactly full or empty or does it just have water in it?

When I look at the current state of affairs and at my own life, I'd like to believe I've become more of a realist.

I'm not unrealistically positive in moments where everything is falling apart. I recognize sometimes very bad things happen and must be addressed. I'll still try to laugh and smile through it all, but there is certainly stress and holes that have to be crawled out of. I won't simply wear a smile when things have to change.

I'm not Eeyore. I'm no longer looking at the world as if everything is wrong because there is still so much that is right or has potential to be corrected and even improved. While I do think we are pretty fucked IN THE MOMENT "This too shall pass!" I believe being a pessimist makes one a less desirable guest and makes it difficult for people to absorb provided knowledge. There are still good things happening and great people.

I'm certainly not apathetic! This mentality to me has to be the absolute worst. Apathy destroys people and nations. This is the ostrich. Go and party away reality just to avoid it. Wide eyed and not absorbing or retaining. Generally not very empathetic toward others or aware of history. The absolute worst.

So which are you?

I think we've got war coming. I think our country is in it's absolute most tumultuous time since it's creation and the world has never seen a time this interconnected and dependent on cohesiveness. I don't believe the evil, hysteria, blasphemy and apathy or selfishness have ever been at this point in history. Not even the times of Sodom, Gamorrah, Babylon or the days of Noah.

Just being realistic.
 Quoting: eyeDR3


At this point in time, you cannot be a realist without being a pessimist.

The survival of our species depends on pessimism and chokes on hope.

Adrenaline is our d(h)opamine.
I'm all out of bubblegum...
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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.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33227982


Your declaration is utterly false and horseshiite, they are two completely different adjectives.

Those of us that are true Realists are incapable of being pessimistic, but can very well be Optimists in any given situation.

We see things for what they are without the frivolity of details that tend to muddy the waters. There is no possible way to be pessimistic when you see things for what they truly are at their core, just the opposite with optimism, we see things clearly therefore can be optimistic no matter the outcome.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I could care less.
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I could care less.
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Or is it I couldn’t care less?
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
i'm bipolar. but yes, I mean, no I guess yes I'm pessimistically optimistic something really bad is gonna happen
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Pessimism is the only sin. The quality of ones life will directly be affected by it.
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I’m a realist with an optimist attitude. It will be fine, but only because we look at what is and stress and take action to make it be fine.
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I could care less.
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OK y'alls...

There's a joke making the rounds in Russia right now. (They've gotten overrun a couple times so they're better at this kind of joke than we are.)

An optimist learns English,
A pessimist learns Chinese,
and a realist learns to shoot an AK-47.
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Noticed someone’s tag line on another site:

“In the end everything will be OK.

If everything is not OK,

it is not the end!”



ALL IS WELL WITH MY SOUL !

though we do suffer in this life

Thank YOU JEHOVAH, for loving us enough,

to send YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,

to suffer & die to redeem us.
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Realist is just a comfortable euphemism for pessimist. God does not make mistakes. You're here on Earth at this time in human history because you're supposed to be. Believe, man up and fight.
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I'm a realist leaning towards pessimism.
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Optimist/Realist.

My lifelong faith has given me an inherent optimism that, no matter how hard things get, I know my ultimate end.

And I'm good with that, and it results in a really good life and an attitude of unrelenting perseverance & buoyancy regardless of circumstance.

Realist because I know that the pathway there will be, and already has been many times, filled with sometimes very intense pain, as the world's a painful place sometimes, and it's a place that's likely going to get exponentially worse, soon.
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5% gang!

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How would you describe yourself?

Is the glass half full, half empty, not exactly full or empty or does it just have water in it?

When I look at the current state of affairs and at my own life, I'd like to believe I've become more of a realist.

I'm not unrealistically positive in moments where everything is falling apart. I recognize sometimes very bad things happen and must be addressed. I'll still try to laugh and smile through it all, but there is certainly stress and holes that have to be crawled out of. I won't simply wear a smile when things have to change.

I'm not Eeyore. I'm no longer looking at the world as if everything is wrong because there is still so much that is right or has potential to be corrected and even improved. While I do think we are pretty fucked IN THE MOMENT "This too shall pass!" I believe being a pessimist makes one a less desirable guest and makes it difficult for people to absorb provided knowledge. There are still good things happening and great people.

I'm certainly not apathetic! This mentality to me has to be the absolute worst. Apathy destroys people and nations. This is the ostrich. Go and party away reality just to avoid it. Wide eyed and not absorbing or retaining. Generally not very empathetic toward others or aware of history. The absolute worst.
I didn't see my option listed
What's that makee?
So which are you?

I think we've got war coming. I think our country is in it's absolute most tumultuous time since it's creation and the world has never seen a time this interconnected and dependent on cohesiveness. I don't believe the evil, hysteria, blasphemy and apathy or selfishness have ever been at this point in history. Not even the times of Sodom, Gamorrah, Babylon or the days of Noah.

Just being realistic.
 Quoting: eyeDR3
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I voted blank becasue there is no category for Pragmatic Optimist. :)
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I'd have to say i'm an optimist/ realist. I know that I have salvation through Jesus Christ, and that i cannot lose my salvation. Whatever happens from this point on is peanuts. Life is short, but i don't need much to be happy. Pain is rarely ever as bad as you think it'll be. Besides, I'm happier when I'm being worked to the point of exhaustion. In all of that, i'm mostly fine with whatever happens around me.
I do realize that whatever can go wrong will probably go wrong but i've been preparing for that.
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Thank you furrrrrrrrrr your thread OP meow meow :333

I went with, REALIST meow !!!

People have FOOLED themselves into thinking and believing total falsities and atrocities mew mew mew

One must have a REALISTIC mindset mew mew mew, such as I, REVERSE-O-KITTEN, who is truthfully a kitten, an actual cat meow :"333

I HATE THOSE WHO AREN'T REALISTIC

MEOW !!!

Realistically, look at these two retards trying to dance, they can't dance, they're F***** complete total dunces


https://imgur.com/a/QcOmtwp


This is actually a grrrrrrrrrrr'eat teaching TOOL for those who aren't realists; listen up U F****s

LOL Ha-HA x33

I am actually a Blessed Winged Kitten Angel of Kitten-Land, AKA MeowHeaven

Heee-heeeee

I'm here to tell you all about the COMING of MEOWLORD; hath thou heard the GOODE NEWS mew mew mew ? :3333

As part of my contract with your Earth Government, which we kittens took over long ago, now known as our Purrrrr-Government, as part of Purrrr-Government orders I am required to tell everyone about the July 12 Gate the HELLS-GATE which MEOWLORD is opening upon Earth

PURRRR_MAGEDDON is upon us

Those two dancing retards up above... ? One of them actually walked up to me in the year 2021, the month of JUne, as MEOWLORD would have it

He didn't walk up to me telling me he danced on camera, no, he spoke to me and wanted me to know and learn about something called 'HACKEY-SACK,' he wanted me to play with his harry balled sack...a gross man, truthfully, I knew I would never play with his hairy balled sack, so I changed the subject to our HOLY MEOW-MEOW CRYSTALS from MEOWLORD, our Kitten-Crystal Harmonic Generators, the Sherry Shriner Style Orgonite which KILLS THE DEADITES



The dancing hackey-sackying LOOOSS$$$SSSSERRRRRRRRR of MeowHeaven (for his offenses against me, a MeowProphet) knew of orgone, but did NOT know of our HOLY and PURRRRRRFECT ORGONITE which is FRUIT unto MEOWLORD, it is our OVAL FRUIT, as Sherry Shriner has declared, as the BIble Codes teach, yea, as our Purrrrr-ble doth decree meow meow meow !!!

REALISTICALLY, the undead, zombies as you may know them as, we call them DEADITES, the DEADITES are coming, and only our GOD-GIVEN ORGONITE, our meow-meow orgone, will keep them away

PEOPLE HATE THE TRUTH

EALISTICALLY...DEMONS are TAKING OVER the EARTH...

https://imgur.com/a/Jrc7gXF


This is why MEOWLORD set me upon the Earth, to help piss off all the hackey-sack LOOOSSS$$$SSERRRRSSSS and let them know they are NOT coming to MeowHeaven with me and my Meowfriends™ on Meowfriends-Online™ >:333

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

REALISTICALLY...DEMONS watched you read this...DO YOU HAVE OUR ORGONE YET... ?

Did reading that make someone SICK LOL HA_HA YES IT DID MMUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

My job is done MUAHAHAHAHAHA the Great Work has been completed, MUAHAHAHAHAHA JULY 12 is here MUAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

https://imgur.com/a/3Mlpx2U

Reverse-O-Kitten™ the Last and First-O-Kitten™ All Rights Reserved

LOL HA-HA

NANU NANU !!!

PURRRRRRRTAYYYYY LIKE IT'S 1999 !!!

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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
I dont know , i guess iam all of the above , depends on how i feel .
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
At the moment...
Let the facts fall wherever, whenever, and however they may.

INTP - The Logician. 'Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.' - Albert Einstein.
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Re: Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
The poll represents optimists incorrectly. It’s entirely possible to realize that everything is not fine and still be an optimist.





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