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"(There seem to be people who are too optimistic—but strangely, I don’t know them personally. Am I just avoiding them, or are they avoiding me?)" Inte

"(There seem to be people who are too optimistic—but strangely, I don’t know them personally. Am I just avoiding them, or are they avoiding me?)" Interesting question -- optimism, at least in the extreme, seems much rarer then pessimism.

HCIdivision17 11y ago
When I watched Tomorrowland, this is the idea that struck me: that it had been a long time since I've seen anyone who was so determined to be optimistic. There's a really great quote I came across in a comic [0]: Max: Fear is easy. Fear is cheap. Instead of fear, we're going to give the people hope. Sam: Fear vs. Hope. Hardly an even match. Max: That's because you think of hope as something light and fragile. My version of hope has calluses and dirt under the fingernails and isn't past bringing brass knuckles to a fight. I like to think there's a sort of grinding optimisim that really gets things done. Where people slog through the hard work, slowly and gradually dragging us to a slightly better future. You can knock a lot down with some FUD conflagration, but there's some stuff that will be lasting. And this article highlights stuff that will - at least - last a couple decades. [0] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall
- teddyh 11y ago
  I think that custom demands that one provides a link to the actual comic: http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fv02418.htm http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fv02418.htm
  - HCIdivision17 11y ago
    Yup, looking back TVTropes linked to it; not sure how I missed it the first time. It's one of my favorite lines, but I always have a hard time searching for it. At least I'll be able to find it through via the sideways channel of your comment now!
nileshtrivedi 11y ago
Most people are pessimists in speech, but optimists in action. Given that how little people do via actions, and how much more they complain and argue about, that's the only conclusion I'm able to draw.
- hammock 11y ago
  Doing little would seem to point to pessimism in actions as well, no?
  - nileshtrivedi 11y ago
    Spoken like a pessimist. ;-)

HCIdivision17 11y ago

When I watched Tomorrowland, this is the idea that struck me: that it had been a long time since I've seen anyone who was so determined to be optimistic. There's a really great quote I came across in a comic [0]: Max: Fear is easy. Fear is cheap. Instead of fear, we're going to give the people hope. Sam: Fear vs. Hope. Hardly an even match. Max: That's because you think of hope as something light and fragile. My version of hope has calluses and dirt under the fingernails and isn't past bringing brass knuckles to a fight. I like to think there's a sort of grinding optimisim that really gets things done. Where people slog through the hard work, slowly and gradually dragging us to a slightly better future. You can knock a lot down with some FUD conflagration, but there's some stuff that will be lasting. And this article highlights stuff that will - at least - last a couple decades. [0] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Freefall

teddyh 11y ago
I think that custom demands that one provides a link to the actual comic: http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fv02418.htm http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fv02418.htm
- HCIdivision17 11y ago
  Yup, looking back TVTropes linked to it; not sure how I missed it the first time. It's one of my favorite lines, but I always have a hard time searching for it. At least I'll be able to find it through via the sideways channel of your comment now!

nileshtrivedi 11y ago

Most people are pessimists in speech, but optimists in action. Given that how little people do via actions, and how much more they complain and argue about, that's the only conclusion I'm able to draw.

hammock 11y ago
Doing little would seem to point to pessimism in actions as well, no?
- nileshtrivedi 11y ago
  Spoken like a pessimist. ;-)