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Optimist, pessimist, realist | More human philosophy:

Özden Arıkan — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:20:00 +0000

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[url= [url removed] ]On optimism vs. pessimism[/url]

[They've got nothing -yet?- on realism, though.]

To quote just one that I find cute:
[quote]The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ~Robert Brault[/quote]

Optimist, pessimist, realist | Very cool...

lingomania — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:55:00 +0000

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[quote]juvera wrote:

There are 10 categories of people.
The first understands binary numbers, the second doesn't. [/quote]

....but machines are no match for human philosophy *WINK*
.) :) :)

[Edited at 2007-06-07 20:56]

[Edited at 2007-06-07 20:57]

Optimist, pessimist, realist | Nice one!!

Chiara Righele — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:07:00 +0000

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[quote]juvera wrote:

There are 10 categories of people.
The first understands binary numbers, the second doesn't. [/quote]

Optimist, pessimist, realist | Another joke.

juvera — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:22:00 +0000

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There are 10 categories of people.
The first understands binary numbers, the second doesn't.

Optimist, pessimist, realist | I like it

lingomania — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:20:00 +0000

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Hi there. Good joke. In English we say: "The glass is half FULL or it's half Empty". You be the judge.

Optimist, pessimist, realist | Reminds me...

Jan Willem van Dormolen (X) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:43:00 +0000

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This reminds me of a Dutch joke:

A pessimist says "Wat een pest die mist"
[What a pest, this mist, but the last three words sound like 'pessimist']
An optimist says "Het trekt wel op die mist"
[It'll soon pass, that mist, the last three words sound like 'optimist']
We teach our children this as a quick reminder of which is which.

Optimist, pessimist, realist

lingomania — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:09:00 +0000

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Inspired by a quote from Reardon, I thought of posting something that I have believed in for ages. Since I was 13, I couldn't understand why people were always slotted into TWO categories: optimists or pessimists. That was always too tight and irrational for me and only convenient for someone else, so I thought about it for many years and through life experiences, etc. concluded that there IS a third category: the realists. My point is that anyone can be either an optimist or a pessimist at heart, but he/she might well be a realist after all. Ponder people ponder.

Robert.