Realisticly speaking...

[kensaro]

In general, you can devide the world into optimists, pessimists and realists, but there seems to be some serious contention between the different groups, and sometimes even outright animosity between them. Realists especially seem to be the ones who get the short end of the stick, mainly from the optimists. Any realistic assesment of the situtation

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[megadog]

"I really do think we need a new word, one for 'unrealistic optimismm flying against previous experience and reasonable expectations.'..."

Isn't that what we call "Marketing" ?

[kensaro]

Good one, but if you call someone a 'marketeer' that could be interpreted as fighting words.

[hyperx]

Optotastic?

Just throwing it out there.

[scruff]

Idealistic?

[mikosquirrel]

Realists also get "don't be so naive" from the pessimists. You can tell which camp you're in quite easily:

If all you hear is "don't be so naive", you're an optimist.

If all you hear is "don't be so negative", youre a pessimist.

If you hear equal amounts of both, you're a realist.

[footpad]

Sounds like Mischa when he's around hyperx's and bp_python's Minnie.