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abe smith · 09-03-2002, 04:43 AM

...t'hell w/ labels.

Mr. Sammi · 09-03-2002, 10:39 AM

Mecha_Dude,

You must then be the kind of person who thinks DEATH waits around every corner, behind every door, and under every bed, then being plesantly surprised at finding yourself alive, you believe you are enjoying life to the fullest.

How absurd! OR how clever?

Sammi Na Boodie ()

[ September 03, 2002: Message edited by: Mr. Sammi ]

Answerer · 09-04-2002, 03:29 AM

I'm an observer and a realist. I just enjoy commenting on things directly instead of deluding myself with false hope or despair.

Radorth · 09-04-2002, 08:13 AM

As I understand it, the optimist believes the world is the best we can hope for, and the pessimist is afraid the optimist is correct.

Radorth

Koyaanisqatsi · 09-04-2002, 08:21 AM

I'm a glass is half full of poison kind of guy...

I used to say it's a little bit of water in a very big glass, but madmordigan must have sucked that one from my collective subconscious ethernet link and augmented it while I was napping

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Radorth · 09-04-2002, 08:28 AM

Quote:

I'm an observer and a realist. I just enjoy commenting on things directly instead of deluding myself with false hope or despair.

You're a Christian then?

Radorth

[ September 04, 2002: Message edited by: Radorth ]

Radcliffe Emerson · 09-04-2002, 08:35 AM

I prefer to think of myself as a realist also.

And yes, everyone else IS out to get me!

Ab_Normal · 09-04-2002, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadMordigan:
The glass is neither half full nor half empty. It is twice as big as it needs to be.

I guess that makes me a fucking engineer.

Answerer · 09-04-2002, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Radorth:


You're a Christian then?

Radorth

[ September 04, 2002: Message edited by: Radorth ]

Nah, I regard myself as a human.

Elbereth · 09-08-2002, 03:47 PM

"Optimism and pessimism, as cosmic philosophies, show the same na�ve humanism; the great world, so far as we know it from the philosophy of nature, is neither good nor bad, and is not concerned to make us happy or unhappy. All such philosophies spring from self-importance and are best corrected by a little astronomy."
-Bertrand Russell

I am [going to be] an astronomer.

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Mr. Sammi Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Montr�al Posts: 367	Mecha_Dude, You must then be the kind of person who thinks DEATH waits around every corner, behind every door, and under every bed, then being plesantly surprised at finding yourself alive, you believe you are enjoying life to the fullest. How absurd! OR how clever? Sammi Na Boodie () [ September 03, 2002: Message edited by: Mr. Sammi ]</p>

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09-03-2002, 04:43 AM	#11
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	...t'hell w/ labels.

09-04-2002, 03:29 AM	#13
Answerer Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,956	I'm an observer and a realist. I just enjoy commenting on things directly instead of deluding myself with false hope or despair.

09-04-2002, 08:13 AM	#14
Radorth Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,872	As I understand it, the optimist believes the world is the best we can hope for, and the pessimist is afraid the optimist is correct. Radorth

09-04-2002, 08:21 AM	#15
Koyaanisqatsi Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Yes, I have dyslexia. Sue me. Posts: 6,508	I'm a glass is half full of poison kind of guy... I used to say it's a little bit of water in a very big glass, but madmordigan must have sucked that one from my collective subconscious ethernet link and augmented it while I was napping .

09-04-2002, 08:35 AM	#17
Radcliffe Emerson Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: the dark side of Mars Posts: 1,309	I prefer to think of myself as a realist also. And yes, everyone else IS out to get me!

09-08-2002, 03:47 PM	#20
Elbereth Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Germantown, MD / U. Pittsburgh Posts: 74	"Optimism and pessimism, as cosmic philosophies, show the same na�ve humanism; the great world, so far as we know it from the philosophy of nature, is neither good nor bad, and is not concerned to make us happy or unhappy. All such philosophies spring from self-importance and are best corrected by a little astronomy." -Bertrand Russell I am [going to be] an astronomer.

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