Poll: In a general sense, are you pessimistic or optimistic?

[bartholen_v1legacy]

More of a pessimist, but it's been in my philosophy so long it's evolved into a kind of "eh, whatever may be, may be" -mentality. I'll just try to make good decisions and see if the consequences suck or not. I don't spend hours sulking about how everything's going to shit. But I actually realized some time ago that I tend to not have faith in people without even thinking about it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I flip-flop honestly. I like the philosophy of expecting everything to be shit so you can either be absolutely right or, pleasantly surprised but that's a small comfort when it happens night-after-night at work. I wouldn't call myself a pessimistic person though, I just don't have any work satisfaction quite yet. Also that's not really a philosophy I guess, just a meme made up by Yahtzee (I think, could be wrong) and it is pretty nice when applied to movies and video games...Hell, it was a philosophy that made Prometheus a ton of fun for me when I saw that...didn't help so much for Ultimates Volume 1...

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Bad things seem to continue happening to pessimists even if an original bad thing caused them to be pessimistic. Despite some things happening to me that definitely could cause me to be pessimistic i see no reason to worsen my chances of a happy life by constantly being doom and gloom. Nothing to lose being optimistic!

Also people who assume the worst but hope for the best to avoid "disappointment" all the time. Seriously? I dont find it too difficult to handle what so ever. I dont understand why this would be so hard to be frank. Not in every day life at any rate.

 

[norashepard]

Nothing really to lose by being an optimist. You'll be disappointed, sure, but because you're optimistic, you'll probably find a silver lining in there anyway! Makes you happier on the whole even if it's "irresponsible and idiotic" to not hate the world all the time forever.

 

[BytByte]

Life's too short to be bummed out about life being too short.

 

[an annoyed writer]

Really depends on the mood I'm in. If I'm in a more positive mood, I'm fairly optimistic, but when I'm in a more negative mood, pessimism is part of my M.O. I can't really say I'm more of one than the other.

 

[Vegosiux]

I tend to be optimistic regarding the long term, but in short term I'm relistic with a pessimistic tendency. Basically, I'm pretty sure life will be good three years from now, but I'm not so sure it will be good tomorrow.

 

[Dead Seerius]

More of an optimist, definitely. Although I don't just put blind faith into things; I prepare for the worst, but I don't necessarily expect it.

Actually, I will my mind to expect the best. I usually avoid downers, so I've taken it upon myself to not become that which I dislike. Unless the situation really is hopeless.

 

[kailus13]

I generally tend to think that more bad things happen than good, and think the same of people, but tend to take things as the come without much complaint. Que sera, sera. What would that make me?

 

[NightmareExpress]

Both equally, I'd imagine.
Some might mistake me for a pessimist, though.
But you don't know me, do you? Silly assumptions made by silly people.

I know what I like in life, I dream of a brighter tomorrow with a world free of judgement and despair.
Major scientific breakthroughs, space colonization and the ridding of archaic (economic or otherwise) practices.
I know that will happen at the end of my life, if not after...or maybe even at all. But I can dream.

So I'm like an optimist for the future, while being a pessimist for the present.
Go correct yourself, world and the peoples on it. I'll wait while doing the things that I do.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Optimist a lot, but nowhere near all the time. I stand by Sod and Murphy's Law stronger than most.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Optimistic, as a rule. Whenever I start to feel cynical, I realise I can't keep it up or something happens that makes me smile and I forget all my pessimism. I'm generally no good as staying miserable, so I just opt to be upbeat about everything I can. I like to I'm not, y'know, an idiot about it - I recognise there's some crappy stuff in the world, but I can't bring myself to be constantly down about it. For me, life's much better if you try and look on the bright side as much as possible.

 

[thesilentman]

I'm a pessimist hiding in an optimist's skin. What does that make me?

Neither. I'm a realist.

I'm the closet to that more than anything, though. Criticism is golden for everything in my eyes...

 

[Talaris]

I would have to say I'm more of a pessimist. But my current visits to a therapist should hopefully improve the situation in time.

 

[Zaeseled]

Everything is gonna be a-OK, I'm hopelessly optimistic. Best way to keep yourself happy even if the rest of the world is going to hell.

 

[Goofguy]

I'd say I'm more of a pessimist. That way if things go bad, I saw it coming but if things go well, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Nazulu]

I'm pessimistic with some things and optimistic with others things. Unfortunately, I've become more pessimistic with today's entertainment. It stops me from becoming disappointed though.

 

[Beryl77]

I'm pretty optimistic. I used to be rather pessimistic but it got pretty tiring and pointless after a while for me. Now I don't make myself illusions but I generally look at the positive things in the world.

 

[Kickingbear]

I tend to be more pessimistic than optimistic. Eh, what can I say the world is a fart. It's alot easier to just not trust people and assume things are bad until proven otherwise.