Optimists vs. Cynics

[Ms_Ann]

Which are you?

 

[Ms_Ann]

I'm not sure what it was that turned me into a cynic. Maybe it's a gradual process. Maybe anyone that dies an optimist, dies an early death.

 

[hashtag46]

I can't figure out if I'm one or the other.

I guess it depends a lot on the situation or environment and on one's personal experiences.
When you start posting on a porn board for example, a much higher dose of cynism than RL is wise.
The upside to that- you end up being pleasantly surprised when people disprove your negative expectations.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I think just the opposite. Real life consequences are much more life altering.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Oops. Never mind.

 

[hashtag46]

Oops. Never mind.

I deleted it before I saw your reply sorry, because too much info about myself.
Cuz trolls.
Here it helps to be cynical and expect the worse.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I deleted it before I saw your reply sorry, because too much info about myself.
Cuz trolls.
Here it helps to be cynical and expect the worse.

I try not to expect anything. Then I can be pleasantly surprised by the occasional pinpoint of light.

 

[CiipherX]

It is better to have a good mix of both. Too much optimism can lead to ignorance. While being a cynic causes you to never go forward.

 

[Ms_Ann]

It is better to have a good mix of both. Too much optimism can lead to ignorance. While being a cynic causes you to never go forward.

Like being bi.

 

[toeskr]

Like being bi.

I identify as bi - cynopt.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

God created sex because people like to fuck each other when possible. It was after he got the nifty idea about life and lemons.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Which are you?

Stoic...

 

[hashtag46]

You often bring up interesting topics that make one 'think about life', Ann.

So in that line:
Immigration. That did it for me.
Despite all the other positives and being treated quite well, I felt for many years ungrounded and vaguely in pain.

The worst thing about it was: I was totally unprepared for such a shattering experience, and I wasn't able to label it correctly. I thought it was a matter loss of identity and having to adjust my thinking and way of life to my surroundings.
When in fact it was much deeper than that; australasians are just wired differently, they feel life differently.

So I guess for me, the slide towards the skeptical end happened in this regard: If I don't feel right about something, I no longer think that I might be the problem. I just think it's the wrong fit or that the problem doesn't lie with me.

Thanks for tolerating my rant; it feels good to put it in writing.

 

[water505]

Fuck optimism.

 

[hashtag46]

Fuck optimism.

That pretty much sums it up.

 

[Christobal]

I am an optimist but not naive. If you are expecting crap you will find it.

 

[Tryharder62]

You forgot realists.

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[Antryg_Windrose]

I am not a Scientologist.