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"Pessimism"

This seems the relevant place to post this.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=pessimist

Yes, pessimism - an ugle thing it would seem.

I... am a pessimist. Let me explain something to you about people like me.

I think the worst of pretty much everything - "if it can go wrong, it probably will" sort of attitude. Hence, when someone says to me "there is this new techology, and it's amazing" I will almost immediately be able to tell you what is bad about it, and it's potential backlashes on society.

you tell me something good, i tell you how it is actually bad. So on, so forth. So, when I look down on humanity, and see nothing but doom and gloom, and see your own futures as bleak wastes of time, don't take it personally. There are people out there, eternal optimists, who see all that is good, and these are the people who surround you in a cover of protective down, and make you feel good about yourselves. It is my job to balance this view, and tend to reality.

Quot capita, tot sensus, as they say in Rome.

It is the balance of all opinions that tends to reality. Never forget that.

Good day

Shame you need your friends to do your dirty work then. *points and laughs, gets bored, looks for news*

nh wrote:
> Blinkin heck - he has got a sense of humour then !!! ;D

Keep it quiet. I have friends. Powerful friends...

Blinkin heck - he has got a sense of humour then !!! ;D

LOL

Cheers mate.

Goatboy wrote:
> Must be a blast.
>
> "What's for tea?"
> "Chips"
> "Chips? Inferior potato cutlets. They assume they exist in some
> form on sentient being yet are mere dissectional particles of a
> whole"
> "Yes dear, good day at work?"
> "I made them aware of the futility of existence with several
> noteworthy quotes and ran a section from a Bergman film to highlight
> the folly of their ways. And then at lunchtime I threw myself around
> in a dramatic fashion to highlight the pained existence of modern
> life"
> "Mm-hmm. Did you want peas with that then?"

Congratulations, you made me laugh out loud.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I have the latter, which is more than capable of supplying the former.

Is she sweaty too?

Must be a blast.

"What's for tea?"
"Chips"
"Chips? Inferior potato cutlets. They assume they exist in some form on sentient being yet are mere dissectional particles of a whole"
"Yes dear, good day at work?"
"I made them aware of the futility of existence with several noteworthy quotes and ran a section from a Bergman film to highlight the folly of their ways. And then at lunchtime I threw myself around in a dramatic fashion to highlight the pained existence of modern life"
"Mm-hmm. Did you want peas with that then?"

Goatboy wrote:
> You need a hug.
>
> And a girlfriend.

I have the latter, which is more than capable of supplying the former.

Or lots of people to bully and mock him until he is forced to appreciate the good things in life.

;)