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Change is always positive, and bad memories not necessarily forever. I am more optimistic for this upcoming year and love to face the change.
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Change is not always positive. It's envitable, but not always positive.
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It depends in wich country do you live too.
AUS Enrique Ferreyra
(Pachu)
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Agree
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Personally, I really like it when things increment.
Plus, I'll become a father in May, which is really mind-blowing for me.
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No. Let's see, we have an austerity budget, taxes are up, prices are up, saleries are down (except for banker's saleries), there are no jobs, the ice caps are melting, oil is running out ... what else? Did I miss anything? How about a zombie apocolypse just to top things off
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In this case just believe for one moment that hapiness is a zero sum game in other words:
Happiness is looking at other's problems.
Even though "we have austerity budget, taxes are up, prices are up, saleries are down (except for banker's saleries), there are no jobs, the ice caps are melting, oil is running out", I suspect it will impact me much less than others.
That's good news, I can't wait !
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Apart from what you said, I'd add no freedom of speech, loosing an independence, a fictional health-care, a corruption in the goverment, repressions, no military defence, an oligarchy (which denies a free market), hampering development of small business, cutting down salaries of civil services, introducing corruption-friendly regulations and some other little issues we have here.
But still, I can browse CP, so I have answered "I feel far more optimistic about this year than last year" despite I don't really remember how did I feel a year ago. I did it because I always look on the bright side of life [whistling happily] and tend to ignore all facts which tell me something different -- unless I decide to act.
Greetings - Jacek
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after the sh*tty bits of last year, I'm pretty sure it's going to be a fandabidozy year with lots of BACON.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Because we went into things expecting nothing, and can appreciate what we have. The pessimists think it's half empty because they expect it to be full. I agree, we are odd, but people on CP are doers who don't sit around with an entitlement mentality.
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Tom Clement wrote: The pessimists think it's half empty because they expect it to be full.
No, I expect to be billed for the glass, with a huge amount of taxes added, without getting a sip o' water. The pessimist, like me, assumes the worst. It's a far better survival-tactic than optimism, where one assumes all is well.
"Hence".
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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I agree that you assume the worst, but it saddens you, because you think you deserve better
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Tom Clement wrote: I agree that you assume the worst, but it saddens you, because you think you deserve better
The world is as it is. And no, what we have is the outcome of the world that was, plus all our actions.
..and no, I'm not a "real" pessimist; a convinced believer wouldn't have the will to live for long.
It is however, a strong assessment-tool
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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Tom Clement wrote: and still, people whine and whine and whine
We are a discontent species. It's built in. It's why we're not in a cave, hiding from the animals outside. Please don't act like a politician who thinks that we're in a merry, happy world where miracles will save us. Act logical like a developer.
Pessimism, like optimism and realism, are like glasses through which we look at the world. Each glass is useful and has it's own merits, and you can switch between 'em. If the pessimist in you warns about the lion, the optimist can keep believing in a long life.
Best wishes for the coming year and thanks for the video - couldn't suppress a smile there
"Life is Pain, Princess; everyone telling you otherwise is selling something"
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Logical like a developer. Yep, hope to do that. But you may forget that the world is not entirely lived from the outside looking in. We are human beings and our subjective reality is not the same an an objective reality. For example, if you fall in love, if you describe it objectively, you'll try to talk about hormones and instinct and stuff like that. I don't know about you, but to me, that seems to be missing the point.
So one subjective choice you available to you is to appreciate how awesome everything is, or, of course, you could spend your emotional energy complaining. Your choice, but the wise one may be to choose to be happy rather than miserable, appreciative rather than bitter, and loving rather than hateful.
I think it's a truly amazing thing that we have the power to choose who we want to be, and how we want to look at the world. And contrary to the lion metaphor you present above, I suspect that people who love life are more interested in taking the steps that preserve it.
And thanks for the wishes for the new year.... warm wishes your way too Eddy... It's been fun bantering with you.
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Thanks, and indeed, it was fun
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I loved it... and then I kind of figured that he was whining about people whining...
Well at least the message was positive; a lot of good people have made incredible stuff, I can only hope to be part of something that positive.
If you want to get depressed think of what you are going to do when every thing has been invented
Cheers, AT
Cogito ergo sum
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I love the observation about whining about whining!
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Okay my home language isn't English so I don't know if that or influences got me into this mind set, but I never view it as half full or half empty. Its just half.
For me it means the following:
Half full: person was busy filling the cup and stopped halfway.
Half empty: person started drinking and stopped halfway.
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Harry HJ Neethling wrote: Half full: person was busy filling the cup and stopped halfway.
Half empty: person started drinking and stopped halfway.
Aight, now you come across an orphaned glass. You can see that it's filled for 50%.
What would you call it then?
"neither beer nor coffee"
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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You've got it all wrong, although that implies things can't get worst, so you might as well cheer up.
Here's the scoop:
The glass is only half full.
Or, if you're feeling contrary:
The glass is only half empty.
No reason to take sides on this issue. No cause for a commitment. Chill.
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