Optimism, pesimism, or realism?

Which do you live by the most? I've found there is one good thing about pesimism, things can usually turn out not as bad as you thought it was (hence the awful process of over-thinking) but I've found I become terrible depressed when I don't think optimistically, even if the things I'm optimistic about don't happen the way I think about.

My PM box is always open to anyone who wants to talk/vent.

Surrealism.

Welcome To TV Tropes | How To Write An Example | Text-Formatting Rules | List Of Shows That Need Summary | TV Tropes Forum | Know The Staff

Democratic socialist feudalism.

Swordsman Troper — Reclaiming The Blade — Watch

I dunno. I think I'm realistic, but by most standards, I'm optimistic.

Read my stories!

Ideally, parallelism — as in, I try to consider best, average and worst scenarios, and to optimize for all of them at the same time.

In practice, I generally end up being cautiously optimist.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

It depends on my mood.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.

^

Realism often bordering in pessimism.

edited 12th Feb '12 1:16:53 PM by Lock

Programming and surgery have a lot of things in common: Don't start removing colons until you know what you're doing.

Pessimistic around optimists and optimistic around pessimists.

All of them.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

Often times, realism; Though, concerning human nature, optimism.

‽‽‽‽ ^These are interrobangs. Love them. Learn them. Use them.

I refuse to have any actual opinion on anything, but I guess I act like a realist with seemingly optimistic leanings.

Nah.

Optimistic but Realistic when the situation calls for it.

Ask your parents for permission before you go home and be a family man.

Optimism! Realism is also an option.

Apatheticism.

That too.

<><

ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.

Realism is just a label made up by cynics so their opinions sound less pretentious and needlessly dire.

It failed.

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

I must have missed the memo.

Programming and surgery have a lot of things in common: Don't start removing colons until you know what you're doing.

For a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic.

NOBODY KILL ME FOR THAT! DOOOOONNN'T

I'm an optimist, for the most part.

SPACEicism.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ

So, you're a spacist?

Programming and surgery have a lot of things in common: Don't start removing colons until you know what you're doing.

Nope, a spaceicist. :3

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ