Jobdone wrote:tranmerefan wrote:
Expect the worse and you'll never be disappointed etc.
Actually my motto in life.
Just be constantly pessimistic, and when something good happens it's especially awesome.
That's more a realism/pessimism mix, being completely pessimistic would mean that even when something good happened, you'd think it was shit because you expected it to either not last or turn to shit. I just call myself a realist, acknowledge that stuff is likely to go wrong but still hold a small amount of hope that it could go well, and it doesn't make it any less awesome when it does go well