Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass. Most people are good.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Optimism vs pessimism

 Though I have gotten worn out discussing politics, I have come to worry about how pessimism has creeped into........... mostly............. American lives.

Ditto.............to a lesser degree............in Canada.

We won't survive Trumpism. There WILL be a war in Europe. Our offspring will suffer bigger and badder environmental disasters. 

Then I think about the optimist. Those who think and will say "Yeah, it's bad, but I think it will sort itself out and I really don't want to worry myself sick about it." Whatever IT is. 

Are You an Optimist or Pessimist About Our Changing World?

  • Pessimists experience more than three times more distress than optimists.
  • Optimists tend to live longer, happier and healthier lives than pessimists.

However:

  • It’s better to be a realist than to be an optimist or a pessimist.

Sorry, but that kinda thinking doesn't sound realistic. Even a realist is going to be optimistic or pessimistic. So say I. 


Too simplistic? I mean we all have both optimism and pessimism to varying degrees.


BUT.........................

GENERAL SPEAKING............................

ARE YOU a PESSIMIST or a OPTIMIST??



Generally speaking. 

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