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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    and be pleasantly surprised if all goes well.

    is it a defensive mechanism? pessimism? self-fulfilling? stupid? all the above? lol

    i do it sometimes. but i wonder if it does me any good really. i'm not pessimistic by nature overall, just for certain things, my brain tends to go in the darkest scenario.

    just curious on people's take on it.

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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    and be pleasantly surprised if all goes well.

    is it a defensive mechanism? pessimism? self-fulfilling? stupid? all the above? lol

    i do it sometimes. but i wonder if it does me any good really. i'm not pessimistic by nature overall, just for certain things, my brain tends to go in the darkest scenario.

    just curious on people's take on it.

    I try to be optimistic most of the time but there ARE appropriate times to consider the worst possible outcome.

    For example, when thinking about issues that are related to your survival--it is appropriate to look at the best and the worst outcome so that you can consider whether an action is worst the risk.

    I believe it's in us as a kind of protection.

    However, most of the time (considering most actions don't involve life or death situations) I think it's better to stay on the optimistic side.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    *flaps distressingly against a wall*

    And suddenly, everything was alright with the world. :D

    You need a wall??? :p:D It's worse than I anticipated!!! :D

    Tell you what, you teach me the finer nuances of snowball fights and I'll teach you how to dance without a wall! ;)
    NOPE!!!

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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    You need a wall??? :p:D It's worse than I anticipated!!! :D

    Tell you what, you teach me the finer nuances of snowball fights and I'll teach you how to dance without a wall! ;)

    Or... we could combine the two disciplines... and have a Snow Ball!

    *dies a little inside*

    :D
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  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    gawd i used to be such the optimist.. but these days..

    i tend to be surprised and somewhat shocked when things go well
    wah
  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    illegal_pants wrote:
    gawd i used to be such the optimist.. but these days..

    i tend to be surprised and somewhat shocked when things go well

    Do you do this?

    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

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