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NastyDHL



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is it 'bad' to be optimistic?
#12459718 - 04/26/10 01:14 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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as optimism is an unfounded belief?
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Icelander
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: NastyDHL]
#12459730 - 04/26/10 01:16 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes but it can be fun.
Realism is the middle path imo and the proper one in the long run. Just not as much fun.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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NastyDHL



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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: Icelander]
#12459744 - 04/26/10 01:18 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah i used to be realistic and that sucked.
now i'm becoming more and more optimistic and not only do i laugh non-stop and have a ton of fun, but i feel like i am becoming more in tune with myself and the way things are. it feels more right.
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: Icelander]
#12459752 - 04/26/10 01:19 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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Going from optimistic to delusional about a situation can be easy
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Icelander
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: NastyDHL]
#12459895 - 04/26/10 01:42 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
NastyDHL said: yeah i used to be realistic and that sucked.
now i'm becoming more and more optimistic and not only do i laugh non-stop and have a ton of fun, but i feel like i am becoming more in tune with myself and the way things are. it feels more right.
Whatever floats your wee little boat. Until it sinks.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Olympus Mons
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: NastyDHL] 1
#12459940 - 04/26/10 01:49 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
NastyDHL said: yeah i used to be realistic and that sucked.
now i'm becoming more and more optimistic and not only do i laugh non-stop and have a ton of fun, but i feel like i am becoming more in tune with myself and the way things are. it feels more right.
whos to say what's real and not real? there is no unreal. people who claim to be realists are likely to have experienced the result of "unreal optimism" a term i coined seven words back.
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learningtofly
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: Olympus Mons]
#12460189 - 04/26/10 02:32 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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unicorns, for example.
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Olympus Mons
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unreal optimism!
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auxiliary
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Quote:
learningtofly said: Going from optimistic to delusional about a situation can be easy 
Well it really doesn't matter once you're dead, right?
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learningtofly
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: auxiliary]
#12460373 - 04/26/10 03:06 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wrong.
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Re: is it 'bad' to be optimistic? [Re: auxiliary]
#12461523 - 04/26/10 06:40 PM (13 years, 10 months ago) |
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thats when it matters most
-------------------- I don't believe in cops, bosses, or politicians. Some call that anarchism. I call it having a fucking heart that beats.
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