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[Senior Watcher]

I've been on the boards now for about 8 months and I have come to know a great deal of my fellow patrollers very well. One thing I have noticed is that about half of you are optimists and half are pessimists.

So I decided to eliminate my speculation and let YOU tell me what YOU are. My hypothesis is that this poll will show a 50/50 split between the two categories..................but we will see. mwuhahahaha.

 

[DarklyDreamingDrusilla]

I would say that I am an optimist because I usually look at life in a good light. I try to take things as they come a sort of "roll with the punches" way of life. I really just try not to dwell on the bad. I always look on the brightside and take people's negative commentary lightly. So yeah I would see myself as an optimist. :smile:

 

[TabulaRasa]

You know me cutie, I am an optimist. Always positive about every situation. The way it has to be.

 

[StuckinTraffic]

I'm generally an optimist, but I do have pessimistic days. Sometimes things just don't go my way and I get a little down about it. But then I just think to myself, "tomorrow's a new day and it'll be better than today." Then I'm back again!

 

[white avenger]

You left out "realist,' which is what I try to be most of the time. The rest of the time I'm an optimist.

 

[ckg927]

I put myself in the optimist camp...

BUT tempered with a heavy dose of realism.

There is always the hope that humanity will be able to improve its lot...but for every 2 steps forward we take,we always seem to take 1 or 2 back.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

That's a very optimistic view, with a certain amount of pessimistic sarcasm.
I'll have to go for a walk forwards today, make up for those idiots who walk backwards.

 

[Dancing man]

Im a Pessimist cant help it.

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

I like to call it 'realistic', but if I'm honest I'll have to say pessimistic. I'm always doing worst case scenario thinking...that can't be optimistic.

 

[anyatara]

It really depends; when I'm talking about other peoples lives and choices I'm optimistic, reassuring them that only good can come out of things, but when I consider my own life, I'm pesimistic, and I usually only focus on the bad points. So I'm a bit of both, I guess.

 

[Summers Blood]

I voted optimistic because majority of the time I am, but I do have pessimistic days.

I agree with Buffy Obsessed Fan, I am usually very optimistic when it comes to other people but I can be a pessimist when it comes to my life!

 

[Hello Cutie]

Haha I'm one of these annoying people who's an optimist to the point of deluded, and then as soon as something bad happens, I'm the biggest pessimist ever!
I hate people like me 🙂

 

[caitaintdead]

I don't know if many pessimists actually consider themselves pessimists... I guess that's one of the funny things about pessimism! I think I'm probably a pessimist if it comes down to it... but as Social Suicide said... I call myself a realist!

 

[November]

I have Bi- Polar so depends what day you catch me on!! Lately though.. I think I have been an optimist... Tommorrow could be a different story 😛

 

[Starlet]

I have my pessimist days but I'm optimistic in general🙂
I always try to look for the positive side of the situation.
When I'm feeling low I go to talk to someone(mum, friend, cousin..)and I'm all cheered up! It never lasts long for me.

 

[Blondie Bear]

I had to think about this one for a bit, but I finally went with optimist. I do tend to be more optimistic than pessimistic, though I have my moments. For example, I was SO SURE I was going to get accepted to at least ONE of the graduate programs I applied to this year. After all, I had great recommendations, a 4.0 GPA, and a decent GRE score. But then I didn't. And I hit my pessimisticness; I hated life, figured I was never going to get any of the jobs I'm applying for, God hates me, blah blah blah. Then today I turned in my resume to our English department head, and she was very encouraging about the possibilities of my securing a position as an adjunct teacher or assistant in the writing program. So now I'm back to optimistic.

 

[Kean]

I think overall I am an optimist. There are times when I am a total cynic but I have this huge belief that everything works out in the end. If you want something you can get it if you try hard enough, well that's what I think anyway. I have yet to be proven wrong. And HELLO! Bangel fan here...how could I be anything but optimistic?

 

[Rebecca]

I voted for "Pessimist", though I did have to ask my boyfriends opinion on the subject. I suppose in general I do seem to look at the down side of things and I am a very big worry wort. I never had a goal in life until recently, so I've never had anything to look forward to or make me be optimistic about - if anyone gets what I mean!

 

[Edmund Blackadder]

You'll never get an accurate answer to this because most people like to believe they are an optimist when the clearly aren't and the pessimist won't vote because, well what would be the point?

🙂

 

[Lou]

I would have to say Optimist with Realist. My brain spends hours (even when I try not to) to find logical ways to the best possible outcome. And I FIRMLY believe that when you deal with people in certain ways you can have a positive outcome in almost ANY situation.