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Are you a dreamer, a realist, a pacifist, a pessimist or an amalgamation?

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Wondering how most classify themselves.

Glass half full, half empty, just about where it should be…or wish the glass were a can instead? ;)

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jaketheripper's avatar

I feel like pacifist does not belong with the others

pdworkin's avatar

I am a solepcist, and I wrote your question.

tinyfaery's avatar

It depends on the situation. I am capable of all of them.

SpatzieLover's avatar

@jaketheripper So does that make you a judge-mentalist?

mattbrowne's avatar

An amalgamation of a dreamer, a visionary, an idealist, a realist, a pragmatist, and a peace-loving optimist.

J0E's avatar

Optimist.

Leanne1986's avatar

I’m a pessimist, I always think the worst.

ElleBee's avatar

I am me; a little bit of everything all mixed in together ^_^ – LB

Christian95's avatar

visionary,an optimist

ParaParaYukiko's avatar

I tend to think of myself as a realist, but it often comes off as pessimism to others. So, I try to be extra cheerful for those who don’t want their bubbles burst. :D

Cartman's avatar

I THINK that the glass is a can or sometimes a bucket or even a pool, and it is ALWAYS half full if not more. Sometimes I drop the glass and I see it shatter on the floor tiles, that is hard. Then I start over again like a complete idiot. I am an optimist and a dreamer in an unhealthy way, NOT a realist in any way.

zephyr826's avatar

I’m a dreamer

buckyboy28's avatar

Pessimistic realist. People find that my bluntness makes me pessimistic, but I really just hate giving people false hope when I know that nothing good can come out of a certain situation.

Jeruba's avatar

Realist, or try to be: glass half full of water and half full of air.

But there is a time for dreaming.

Ame_Evil's avatar

I am a realist, but on the edge of pessimism. It is probably possible that my pessimism causes a self-fulfilled prophecy which makes me feel as though I am a realist. I also think that this attitude is linked to my depression (but how they interact I do not know).

I hate people who say I should think more optimistically especially when I know there’s a good chance that nothing can be done. I strongly hate false hope. Mostly I try to think that it will either happen or not, so I just go along with it to see the outcome if its no biggie.

Also about the glass half full/half empty. If you filled it up halfway it is HALF FULL, if you drank half of it it is HALF EMPTY.

/edit: Also why I adopt the pessimistic attitude is that I don’t like to be disappointed. I like my world to be predictive. I usually think of the worst scenarios out of each situation and think that might happen. Then when it doesn’t happen I can’t really feel any worse than if I was the opposite – I was hoping for something that didn’t happen. And if it does happen I am already prepared.

I am contradicting myself a bit in places, but its quite situation-specific on how I respond.

Facade's avatar

Any of the first three depending on how I feel. I don’t know what the last one means.

Ame_Evil's avatar

@Facade An amalgamation is a mixture of the first 3. So in theory you are all 4.

RedPowerLady's avatar

A dreamer, A realist, An Activist! :)

aprilsimnel's avatar

I’m still a joker, an ex-smoker, no longer a midnight toker.

Now I’m a doer!

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

I am a realist but in certain situations a dreamer
definitely a pacifict

daloon's avatar

I’m a fantasist, or, if you prefer, a delusionary.

Blondesjon's avatar

I ‘m a writer
a poet
a genius,
I know it.
I don’t buy cheeba
I grow it.

Shuttle128's avatar

Definitely a realist. Though my girlfriend sees it as pessimism. She wants me to lie to her about certain things to make her happy, and I find it hard to do it.

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