jason_square
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Reply to comment by WallyMetropolis in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
You know, it gets really annoying when people hide in optimism. Optimism ends up being only denial
jason_square t1_j2ux0qs wrote
Reply to comment by ExceptEuropa1 in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
I guess there is a danger in optimism. You might lose your edge, relax too much if you dont have a fire under you
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Reply to comment by oramirite in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription
And you will find it that once you become cynical, and say someone badly betrays you, you will have trouble going back to naive optimism
But you are right, and cynicism shouldnt have the last word