XS11E wrote:

> Kicks off tonight with the Hall of Fame game, followed by the
> Loserbirds enjoying another losing season to go with their 100+
> previous losing seasons....
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Dang optimists...

Optimism is an outlook on life such that one maintains a view of the
world as a positive place. People would say that optimism is seeing the
glass "half full" of water as opposed to half empty. It is the
philosophical opposite of pessimism. Optimists generally believe that
people and events are inherently good, so that most situations work out
in the end for the best.

A common conundrum illustrates optimism-versus-pessimism with the
question, does one regard a given glass of water, filled to half its
capacity, as half full or as half empty? Conventional wisdom expects
optimists to reply, "Half full," and pessimists to respond, "Half empty"
(assuming that "full" is considered good, and empty, "bad").

Another paradox sometimes associated with optimism is that the only
thing an optimist cannot view as positive is a pessimist. Pessimism,
however, as it acts as a check to recklessness, may even then be viewed
in a positive light.