Comments on: Think Negative! http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Richard http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-814 Richard Mon, 21 May 2007 18:51:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-814 Hm, well I don’t think of myself as a pessimist, even though I always think about what could happen if I do this or that and I then try to take the least “dangerous” way of doing things. BTW. People often refer to themselves as clumsy, because the dropped something or similar, while I would have never acted like this, because I would have forseen that this could happen. And this makes me confident in what I do, and therefore an optimist. <img src='http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' /> Cheers Hm, well I don’t think of myself as a pessimist, even though I always think about what could happen if I do this or that and I then try to take the least “dangerous” way of doing things.

BTW. People often refer to themselves as clumsy, because the dropped something or similar, while I would have never acted like this, because I would have forseen that this could happen. And this makes me confident in what I do, and therefore an optimist. ;-)

Cheers

]]> By: Dimitar Uzunov http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-813 Dimitar Uzunov Sun, 20 May 2007 05:53:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-813 ‘An optimist sees a light at the of the tunnel, and the pessimist sees complete darkness. The realist sees two idiots sitting on the rails’ People either tell me that I’m too pessimistic or that I’m an optimist, but I think only faith will get you nowhere - you shouldn’t base your judgments on it. I don’t like people who speculate. I do like people who don’t get offended when I argue with them. The world isn’t monochrome. Its not even grayscale. Its millions of colors and if you are either an optimist or a pessimist you aren’t seeing the full picture. ‘An optimist sees a light at the of the tunnel, and the pessimist sees complete darkness. The realist sees two idiots sitting on the rails’

People either tell me that I’m too pessimistic or that I’m an optimist, but I think only faith will get you nowhere - you shouldn’t base your judgments on it. I don’t like people who speculate. I do like people who don’t get offended when I argue with them. The world isn’t monochrome. Its not even grayscale. Its millions of colors and if you are either an optimist or a pessimist you aren’t seeing the full picture.

]]> By: Optimus http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-812 Optimus Sat, 19 May 2007 10:25:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-812 I am not really sure where do I fit, but I dislike it when people tell me that I should be optimistic and think life in simplicity without knowing me. Maybe it works for them but it’s not the same for every person out there. I am more on the pesimistic side maybe.. I like to think of life as a domain where everything can happen to you, from the worst to the best. This way, I constantly try to prepare myself myself about awfull things that could happen in my life and make me aware that they are possible too. And no matter what happens, I will still be around to go on with my walk of life according to the new data after the disaster. It’s kinda precautious thinking and maybe it blends even some thoughts about destiny I didn’t mention here and people usually don’t like it. Another way to go through is my selfsarcasm about everything that happens to me. Bleh ;P I am not really sure where do I fit, but I dislike it when people tell me that I should be optimistic and think life in simplicity without knowing me. Maybe it works for them but it’s not the same for every person out there. I am more on the pesimistic side maybe..

I like to think of life as a domain where everything can happen to you, from the worst to the best. This way, I constantly try to prepare myself myself about awfull things that could happen in my life and make me aware that they are possible too. And no matter what happens, I will still be around to go on with my walk of life according to the new data after the disaster. It’s kinda precautious thinking and maybe it blends even some thoughts about destiny I didn’t mention here and people usually don’t like it.

Another way to go through is my selfsarcasm about everything that happens to me. Bleh ;P

]]> By: chris http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-806 chris Fri, 18 May 2007 10:35:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-806 >For example, if you want a parking spot here and now, all you >have to do is be optimistic about it and visualize it with >your head, and voila, it would be there. LOL!!! my wife believes the same #$$%^^&** every time we return to home and we are looking for a parking place!!! and of course, she always complaints that I think negative!! as I don’t believe in such things… >For example, if you want a parking spot here and now, all you
>have to do is be optimistic about it and visualize it with
>your head, and voila, it would be there.

LOL!!! my wife believes the same #$$%^^&** every time we return to home and we are looking for a parking place!!!
and of course, she always complaints that I think negative!!
as I don’t believe in such things…

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-805 Eugenia Fri, 18 May 2007 09:55:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-805 I agree with you that either is stupid, but at least I am a pessimist because I *need* to be one. As I said, it is how I protect myself from bad happenings. >Then you can leave the pessimism/optimism game behind. Well, it is not so simple. People are either one or the other. You can’t really be 100% neutral. It’s impossible, unless you are in a coma. <img src='http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' /> I agree with you that either is stupid, but at least I am a pessimist because I *need* to be one. As I said, it is how I protect myself from bad happenings.

>Then you can leave the pessimism/optimism game behind.

Well, it is not so simple. People are either one or the other. You can’t really be 100% neutral. It’s impossible, unless you are in a coma. :P

]]> By: moleskine http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-804 moleskine Fri, 18 May 2007 09:33:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-804 A congenital pessimist is just as superstitious as a congenital optimist: one loads the dice against and one loads the dice in favour. Things happen in their own way and in their own time, and usually there’s not much we can do to force the issue. Indeed thinking that you can force the issue is essentially childish - world and self not fully separate - so the objection to Oprah’s brand of “Jesus found me a parking spot” is that such attitudes are infantile. Cultivate faith that when stuff happens you <i>will</i> be able to deal with it. Then you can leave the pessimism/optimism game behind. A congenital pessimist is just as superstitious as a congenital optimist: one loads the dice against and one loads the dice in favour. Things happen in their own way and in their own time, and usually there’s not much we can do to force the issue. Indeed thinking that you can force the issue is essentially childish - world and self not fully separate - so the objection to Oprah’s brand of “Jesus found me a parking spot” is that such attitudes are infantile. Cultivate faith that when stuff happens you will be able to deal with it. Then you can leave the pessimism/optimism game behind.

]]> By: mikesum32 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-803 mikesum32 Fri, 18 May 2007 08:34:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-803 Nevea ‘eard ov it gubna. I also don’t watch Oprah. Nevea ‘eard ov it gubna.

I also don’t watch Oprah.

]]> By: RandomGuy http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-811 RandomGuy Fri, 18 May 2007 08:20:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-811 Hey, I’m a pessimist, too. It rules because, no matter how a situation works out, I can always say one of the following: a) Shit happens, I told you! b) Ok, I’m happy that I was wrong. And in either case, I’m not feeling too bad. It’s also fun to scare the retards who believe negative thinking screws the world… <img src='http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' /> Hey, I’m a pessimist, too.
It rules because, no matter how a situation works out, I can always say one of the following:

a) Shit happens, I told you!
b) Ok, I’m happy that I was wrong.

And in either case, I’m not feeling too bad.

It’s also fun to scare the retards who believe negative thinking screws the world… ;-)

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-810 Eugenia Fri, 18 May 2007 07:48:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-810 >protect myself sh*t It is not shit, I am offended. It is how I am. I have gone through enough bad things in my life to be careful of what I wish for. I did not become a pessimist for no reason you know. >protect myself sh*t

It is not shit, I am offended. It is how I am. I have gone through enough bad things in my life to be careful of what I wish for. I did not become a pessimist for no reason you know.

]]> By: l3v1 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-809 l3v1 Fri, 18 May 2007 06:17:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/05/17/think-negative/#comment-809 “The problem with pessimism though is that it can lead to depression. I am often depressed. But at least I am not naive.” I don’t really like - not that’d matter anyway - the attitude that optimistic==naive. Additionally, there really is a middle way, and it’s called realistic. You don’t need to be a faithful pessimist or optimist to get along, that protect myself sh*t goes more along the depression line. “The problem with pessimism though is that it can lead to depression. I am often depressed. But at least I am not naive.”

I don’t really like - not that’d matter anyway - the attitude that optimistic==naive. Additionally, there really is a middle way, and it’s called realistic. You don’t need to be a faithful pessimist or optimist to get along, that protect myself sh*t goes more along the depression line.

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