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The Glass Is Half...
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The problem of optimism-pessimism is an overrated one. [Note to self: Find better opening lines. These are really getting stale.]
Dear Reader, I'm certain you've encountered at least one argument on the subject. It can be summed up like this...
Optimist: You're too depressing!
Pessimist: You're too naive!
Both: I GUESS WE'RE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE!
So, I made that last bit up, but the first two statements describe all the ignorance present in a similar situation. Very seldom will someone consider freedom from this bideal. [Now, that word's a zinger! Bidea! Bi- for two, -ideal for concept... Bipartisan bullshit!] Similarly, looking at these opposing absolutes from the outside is never considered. At this point, I wouldn't even venture far enough to say that people truly understand the other half of the bideal.
It should be incredibly simple: Both are wrong.
The glass is neither half full, nor is it half empty; it is simply half. If you are in the process of dirnking it, then it is half empty. If you are filling it up, it is half full. Come on, people, use your fucking brains! Your half-empty brains, it seems.
Personally, I prefer to approach any possible situation with both optimism and pessimism. Before the anticipated event, I am brutally humble and pessimistic. There is no hope, only failure, so that ones standards can never be too high. After the event, optimism sets in; you can celebrate if the pessimism was wrong, and if it was right, you can just shrug it off.
We've got pessimism and optimism, so where's the No problem!ism?
Dear Reader, I'm certain you've encountered at least one argument on the subject. It can be summed up like this...
Optimist: You're too depressing!
Pessimist: You're too naive!
Both: I GUESS WE'RE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE!
So, I made that last bit up, but the first two statements describe all the ignorance present in a similar situation. Very seldom will someone consider freedom from this bideal. [Now, that word's a zinger! Bidea! Bi- for two, -ideal for concept... Bipartisan bullshit!] Similarly, looking at these opposing absolutes from the outside is never considered. At this point, I wouldn't even venture far enough to say that people truly understand the other half of the bideal.
It should be incredibly simple: Both are wrong.
The glass is neither half full, nor is it half empty; it is simply half. If you are in the process of dirnking it, then it is half empty. If you are filling it up, it is half full. Come on, people, use your fucking brains! Your half-empty brains, it seems.
Personally, I prefer to approach any possible situation with both optimism and pessimism. Before the anticipated event, I am brutally humble and pessimistic. There is no hope, only failure, so that ones standards can never be too high. After the event, optimism sets in; you can celebrate if the pessimism was wrong, and if it was right, you can just shrug it off.
We've got pessimism and optimism, so where's the No problem!ism?
If you ask, this will happen to you, or at least a rough equivalent of it: [link]
BE WARNED! THERE BE STUPIDISTS!
BE WARNED! THERE BE STUPIDISTS!
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Neither! It's 5/8 empty, and 3/8 full! Suckers!