Optimist or Pessimist?

I like to believe I'm a realist.

 

I chose neither because I'm right on the line presently. Living life as a pessimist is no good for long because you end up in pity party territory and then people just call you a whiner! It's a much happier life to be optimistic.

 

I don’t think you can have these kind of discussions without a debate about realism cropping up

Anyhoo, I’m an unashamed optimist.

 

's so impossible for me to answer... optimist in individual relationships, pessimist in group ones. Optimist in the present, but pessimist about the future. Optimist about the truth, pessimist about people's ability/will to find it. Optimist about the world, pessimist about civilization.

...I guess that puts me close to a neither... but I can't imagine I have no bias... so I'll go with an "I don't know."

 

I answered neither. I'm very optimistic when it comes to my career and relationships, but in the broader scale of things I'm more pessimistic - or rather, scared. I see many things as absurd and that doesn't help.

 

Yes the absurdness of things makes me neither an optimist or pessimist - it just makes me baffled. If you say to someone, "Life is absurd" they will tell you that you're a pessimist. Maybe our problem is that we see the absurdness of things while others do not.

 

I'd also like to think I'm a realist . . . but happen to know that I'm a pessimist. Realism is merely a red herring . . . er, delusion . . .er, red herring . . .

I think I've seen "Clue" one time too many.

 

from the intj forum :

 

Maybe that just means I'm a realist with a depressing reality . . .

 

I am definately an optimist :mrgreen: , but unfortunately a bit of realism does sneak in once in a while ...

 

Hmmmm.....This is a tough one to answer cause in reality I am both.

I hope for the best. But prepare for and expect the absolute worst. And since things are always better than I expected, I am never really disappointed by my expectations.

 

I find it easier to be optimistic for other people.

I try not to expect too much from life.

 

Damn, something’s seriously wrong with the polls that were transferred, it's saying I'm 'Pessimistic' I'm not, nope, never :dance: w00t :dance:

 

I've noticed the same thing with other polls, I'm wondering if it can be fixed...

 

I can edit polls, but only if I have the previous results available.

 

Fug it then. I don't keep these things on a pad next to my moniter or anything like that.

 

I tend to be optimistic when around others because I don't like to depress people. But I am very pessimistic. One of my professors recently said so in fact.

 

I'm totally an optimist. It just seems like the more reasonable way to look at the world. Pessimism just doesn't seem to add as much as optimism.