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| *salcha4u* |
 Dec 4 2006, 10:27 PM
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Realistic =/= Pessimistic
Eh someone asked me today and I said realistic. Got outnumbered by my friends like 7:2. |
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Dec 4 2006, 10:30 PM
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 Nikkie  Group: Member Posts: 2,336 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,991 |
i'm usually more optimistic, but at times when i have my moods i am realistic and pessimistic when i'm feeling really annoyed
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Dec 4 2006, 10:31 PM
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Optimistic.
I dream about my future too much. And, well, some people say that it's never gonna happen, but I'm always determined to achieve my dreams. I only think realistically in class or whatever. And I'm hardly ever pessimistic unless something is making me sad or depressed. |
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Dec 4 2006, 10:46 PM
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 what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
Realistic doesnt always have to be pessimistic . pessimism is based on atitude . im equally both realistic and optimistic . i`ve been meditating this for awhile .
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Dec 5 2006, 12:30 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,388 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,129 |
Optimistic. People always state the negative and I'll be like "BUT WHAT IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN?!" I always bring up the what if's. Not that that's always a good thing........
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Dec 5 2006, 12:58 AM
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 the bird and the bee sides! Group: Member Posts: 1,697 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 201,280 |
Probably more optimistic than realistic. I always try to keep a positive outlook & I'm not afraid to dream big. [:
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Dec 5 2006, 03:15 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I tend to be overly optimistic. Though in another sense, I do tend to be realistic. I'm one of those people that cancel myself out.
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Dec 5 2006, 04:23 AM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
I'm always more realistic than optimistic, and people always mistaken me for being pessimestic instead.
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Dec 5 2006, 01:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I like to be optimistic, but I am also realistic at the same time. I don't hope for a positive result when I know something bad is probably going to come out of my actions.
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Dec 5 2006, 01:11 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 48 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,828 |
Yay I voted the tie-breaker lol.
Before I used to be a TOTAL optimist..then I realized I get too irritated to be an optimist so I turned into a realist. Woot woot! |
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| *stephinika* |
Dec 5 2006, 07:59 PM
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I'm a sometimes optimistic realist, haha.
 Depends on my mood, but mostly a realist.
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Dec 5 2006, 08:00 PM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
We have another tie.
 I'd rather be an optimist, despite the cynic in me wanting to be realistic, I'm such a damn sucker for those "rags to riches" stories.
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| *Infinite.* |
Dec 5 2006, 09:41 PM
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I'm pretty realistic, I suppose I can be optimistic when I feel like it.
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Dec 6 2006, 01:35 AM
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 Drew Group: Member Posts: 489 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,012 |
Optimistic.
I think of what we as people can do to make the world a better place. I try to make worst situations best as possible. However, sometimes i may not care and start to get realistic... |
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Dec 6 2006, 02:15 AM
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 it's just me ;) Group: Member Posts: 187 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 482,527 |
I'm pretty much solid realist,
but in relationships I'm optomistic. and realism is not pessimism. trust me. my best friend and my ex are pessimists. |
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Dec 6 2006, 02:41 AM
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 creepy heather Group: Official Member Posts: 4,208 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,580 |
you dont have to be pesimistic to be realistic
some people just go overboard with their optimism to unrealistic standards but i always considered myself a realistic optimist |
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Dec 6 2006, 02:50 AM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
Either/or at random.
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Dec 6 2006, 03:12 AM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I just realized today that I'm an extreme in both depending on the situation. I can be overly optimistic, whereas I can do things I know I can't do (like Jedi and Ninja stuff), and sometimes I don't believe there's hope at all... (Like my friend who's trying to be a model, mind you she's 160 lbs....)
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Dec 6 2006, 03:15 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 7,149 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 213,509 |
not really sure. although im probably more optimistic.
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Dec 6 2006, 03:19 PM
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I'd have to agree with Heather.
I am realistic, but not in a pesimistic way. In more of an Optimistic way. Realistic Optimist, as she said. |
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Dec 8 2006, 01:18 AM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
I'm a weird combination of both.
I try my best to be optimistic, but sometimes my first thought is a realistic one. |
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Dec 8 2006, 02:01 AM
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 that heaven is overrated Group: Member Posts: 5,096 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 53,124 |
QUOTE(stephinika @ Dec 5 2006, 4:59 PM)  I'm a sometimes optimistic realist, haha. Depends on my mood, but mostly a realist.Those exact words!! yeah =] |
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Dec 9 2006, 07:39 PM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Optimistic. I always try to see the brighter side of things. Although, when I know I need to be realistic, I can be.
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Dec 9 2006, 09:30 PM
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 Pocketful of Sunshine Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,690 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 289,004 |
I'm more realistic. Sometimes, I think optimistically sometimes, but then I realize it's stupid.
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| *Statues/Shadows* |
Dec 9 2006, 10:06 PM
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I'm probably more of a realist. But I try to be sheery anyway, because otherwise it's irritating.
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Dec 11 2006, 04:59 PM
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what do you think it says....if so obvious. Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420 |
Realism gets your hard when you live in the State of New York . REAL HARD
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Dec 11 2006, 05:01 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Realistic.
If I'm ever optimistic, it's probably for humor. "The glass isn't half full or half empty. The cup is just twice the size that it needs to be." 
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Dec 11 2006, 05:17 PM
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 Yes, that's right. Group: Member Posts: 246 Joined: Oct 2005 Member No: 281,524 |
I'd say I'm more of a pessimist, but since that isn't up there, realist it is then.
I get random bursts of optimism though... but only when what I'm hoping for isn't likely to happen. |
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Dec 11 2006, 05:33 PM
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 What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,164 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
I consider myself to be inbetween.
When things don't seem too good, I'll be optimistic about the outcome, but I don't have false hope and lose sight of what's really going on. |
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Dec 15 2006, 07:01 PM
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 CheccMate Foo! Group: Member Posts: 839 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 487,531 |
Optimistic. 1mma dreamer and have faith that things will work out. Only downside is that 1 get disappointed when it doesn't. Needless to say sucks.
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| *IVIike* |
Dec 15 2006, 08:41 PM
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i like realistic i hate it when coaches are like
"yeah we can really win this, they are only the 3rd best in the country" i mean c'mon wtf we are going to loose period. |
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| *Statues/Shadows* |
Dec 15 2006, 09:23 PM
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I don't get why if the number two team plays the number one team and loses, as expected, the number two team should drop to 17th nationally. Sports shit makes no sense to me.
Anyway... Actually, this optimism thing isn't really working for me. I have to be realistic, or I just get my hopes up, which makes things worse. If I have no faith in my ability to succeed at something, then I don't be nearly as disappointed when it doesn't happen. |
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Dec 16 2006, 01:00 PM
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 I reject this reality and substitute it with my own! Group: Member Posts: 276 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 486,863 |
Hmmm, I'm usually a realistic person when it comes to a lot of things,
I like being able to grasp things that are possible rather then go "YEAAAAH!! I'MMA GET ME A FLYING CAR AND A PRINCE CHARMING WITH A WHITE HORSE AND GO TO ALASKA IN SHORTS WHILE I'M STILL 10!!" With friends and occationally family I'm usually playfully optomistic in our conversations as they take the pessimistic side of the argument.. But I recall a time when I was actually used to be quite optomistic until my first major incounter with relationship freaked the shelter'd 8th grade version of me out so much I've pretty much stuck to being realistic about things. |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Dec 16 2006, 09:51 PM
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I usually try to be on the bright side of things, but realistic when I'm in the mood.
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Dec 16 2006, 10:27 PM
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 Newbie Group: Member Posts: 5 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 488,211 |
I'm a dreamer as well but I'm always thinking more of the possibilites of things and i'm not really hopeful so i'm more realistic....i think
lol |
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Dec 17 2006, 12:10 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
realistic could be both.
I'm realistic. |
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Dec 18 2006, 07:06 PM
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 <-[RaWR]-> Group: Member Posts: 180 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 102,133 |
you can dream..but eventually reality is gonna come kick you in the ass and say "WAKE THE FCK UP"..you dont want to sleep, if u want to make your dreams come true!
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