May 24, 2009
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Optimism
I’m an optimist. But before you jump to all the obvious conclusions about that realize this simple distinction.
There are two kinds of optimists.
1. People who think things are just find right now except for a few minor issues that we can deal with.
2. People who think things are pretty damn fucked up right now but at least they’re better in some ways than things have been in the past and that gives them hope that things can and will get better in the future.
I’m definitely the second type of optimist. And the first type I think are either complete idiots or horribly sadly blind. They’re lost in their own little perfect world while the universe is hanging by a thread on the verge of collapse.
Pessimists however I just don’t understand at all
Comments (4)
I guess I’d have to chacterize myself in the second category as well
I am an complete optimist idiot in regards to my own life, and blind almost, very near sited in fact.
Second category in regards to the world.
It’s a good mix.
I considered myself a realist at some point in my life, and I’ve never been an optimist and most people tell me I’m a pessimist. But, I think I just expect things to go badly because they always have gone wrong …. oh well *shrugs*
lol. does this count at a new type?
“People who think things are pretty fucked up right now, but at at least none of it is impacting them.”