Arthur Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Pessimist. You are never disappointed. Pete The true optimist is also never disappointed. No matter what happens, the true optimist sees the positive. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 The true optimist is also never disappointed. No matter what happens, the true optimist sees the positive. Hence what was reputedly the favourite joke of Ronald Reagan (who was certainly loved for his optimism). See here. “Over lunch today I asked Ed Meese about one of Reagan's favorite jokes. 'The pony joke?' Meese replied. 'Sure I remember it. If I heard him tell it once, I heard him tell it a thousand times.'” “The joke concerns twin boys of five or six. Worried that the boys had developed extreme personalities – one was a total pessimist, the other a total optimist – their parents took them to a psychiatrist.” “First the psychiatrist treated the pessimist. Trying to brighten his outlook, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with brand-new toys. But instead of yelping with delight, the little boy burst into tears. 'What's the matter?' the psychiatrist asked, baffled. 'Don't you want to play with any of the toys?' 'Yes,' the little boy bawled, 'but if I did I'd only break them.'” “Next the psychiatrist treated the optimist. Trying to dampen his out look, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with horse manure. But instead of wrinkling his nose in disgust, the optimist emitted just the yelp of delight the psychiatrist had been hoping to hear from his brother, the pessimist. Then he clambered to the top of the pile, dropped to his knees, and began gleefully digging out scoop after scoop with his bare hands. 'What do you think you're doing?' the psychiatrist asked, just as baffled by the optimist as he had been by the pessimist. 'With all this manure,' the little boy replied, beaming, 'there must be a pony in here somewhere!'” I suspect different words were substituted. "There must be a pony in there somewhere", is the essence of optimism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted April 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2017 Optimist. Even when confronted by aggressive idiocy or the cowardly expression of hatred I believe that we don't have to live that way or accept that way of thinking. The world isn't perfect, our own lives are not perfect but we can appreciate the positive parts and remember that change is possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 To the Russian, it doesn't matter. The glass should be either full, or empty. You clearly aren't entering into the spirit of things... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 An optimist is someone that doesn't know the full facts ! (Just one of life's cynics.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Cat Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 The true optimist is also never disappointed. Or do they just believe they will never be disappointed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 An optimist is someone that doesn't know the full facts ! (Just one of life's cynics.) I wouldn't go that far, but I'd tend to agree that optimism DOES have a distinct tendency not to withstand subsequent scrutiny.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted April 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2017 Glass too expensive. I want a plastic tumbler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 An optimist is someone that doesn't know the full facts ! How about: we are in a war. I know that all the people I care about will be injured and ultimately killed, and I too will inevitably be one of those casualties. But since the victory is certain, I remain an optimist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted April 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2017 The true optimist is also never disappointed. No matter what happens, the true optimist sees the positive. . But the true pessimist perceives potential pitfalls ahead and can act to mitigate them. The optimist refuses to countenance such negativity and just falls in. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 The optimist doesn't see the pitfalls, he sees the opportunities. Thankfully, we have plenty of optimists otherwise we'd still be daubing stick figures on cave walls. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2017 Full - of something very unpleasant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 ''It's hard to be optimistic with a misty optic...'' Most days I feel 'the glass is half full' but on a bad day I can see a whole world of misery through the bottom of the glass! Must be the mood swings, unsociable working hours or something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertiedog Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I just wonder who drunk the other half when I was not looking.................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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