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Veggeta_MAX
08/13/21 9:22:32 AM
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It really is

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rexcrk
08/13/21 9:22:39 AM
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Yes

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Squall28
08/13/21 9:26:08 AM
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Depends how you act on it. If you use it as a means of preparing for the future, good. If it makes you give up, then bad.

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Veggeta_MAX
08/13/21 9:28:06 AM
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Squall28 posted...
If you use it as a means of preparing for the future, good
That's not pessimism. Pessimism is basically believing there's no hope.

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Squall28
08/13/21 9:32:09 AM
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an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pessimism

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ROOTFayth
08/13/21 9:33:37 AM
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Squall28 posted...
an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pessimism
that sounds terrible, feels like a good mix of optimism and realism goes a longer way
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Veggeta_MAX
08/13/21 9:36:02 AM
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A pessimistic thinks the worst of everything regardless of anything. They think the sky is falling all the time. It's not about being strategically ahead of the curve so they can fix the situation. Pessimistics don't care to fix a situation, they just wanna complain about horrible it is but whatever.

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Squall28
08/13/21 9:38:57 AM
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ROOTFayth posted...
that sounds terrible, feels like a good mix of optimism and realism goes a longer way

I generally plan for the worst, and it's played out pretty well for me. Pleasantly surprised when things go well, and ready when they don't

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Squall28
08/13/21 9:40:29 AM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
A pessimistic thinks the worst of everything regardless of anything. They think the sky is falling all the time. It's not about being strategically ahead of the curve so they can fix the situation. Pessimistics don't care to fix a situation, they just wanna complain about horrible it is but whatever.

I posted the literal definition man. You ever hear the saying that optimists invent the airplane, pessimists invent the parachute?

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Veggeta_MAX
08/13/21 9:43:30 AM
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Squall28 posted...
You ever hear the saying that optimists invent the airplane, pessimists invent the parachute?
I have not but that sounds like a piss poor justification for pessimists to justify who and what they are.

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