Optimists live longer

[roomwithaview]

@DukeTrout

ENGINEER: That glass is not the optimal size.

So engineers are optimists?
Or not?
I’m so confused.

[tedrock]

Then why is Donald Duck Trump still alive? That dude embodies pessimism.

[DukeTrout]

Both, of course!

ENGINEER#1: I can cut 40% off the height of that glass with a glass cutter, then flame-treat the rim of the glass, and you can have a glass just right for the amount of liquid you have!
ENGINEER#2: There’s no point to modifying the glass, because the next time they go to drink, some idiot will have specified 2x the liquid!

[bobtato]

I’m so jealous of all their extra years of being DELUDED FOOLS

[vrplumber]

Well, that was a less than optimal size…

[Shuck]

Ah well, I figured I’d not live to be very old anyways.

[Keith_McClary]

@generic_name

Sure optimists may live longer, but for us pessimists it will feel longer.

If insurance companies see this, they will try to raise life insurance rates for us pessimists.

[chgoliz]

Man, I’m screwed.

[Dioptase1]

I’ll wait for some more studies.

Pessimists Live Longer Than Optimists

[zuludaddy]

PHILOSOPHER: The glass is all the way full, just with air for the top half.

[KathyPartdeux]

@DukeTrout

Both, of course!

ENGINEER#1: I can cut 40% off the height of that glass with a glass cutter, then flame-treat the rim of the glass, and you can have a glass just right for the amount of liquid you have!
ENGINEER#2: There’s no point to modifying the glass, because the next time they go to drink, some idiot will have specified 2x the liquid!

Kathy: Sorry I drank your good scotch!

[RobotsAreGods]

" The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label. …"— James Branch Cabell

[SocialMaladroit]

@vrplumber

Well, that was a less than optimal size…

Maybe it was, but Grumpy Cat died in May.

[roomwithaview]

@fredtal

I’m a pessimist so that I can prepare for the worse. Maybe I’ll live longer because I won’t walk out into the street expecting that car to stop in time.

Or you’re a realist, the best of both worlds!

[MaiqTheLiar]

What is this thing of which you speak, optimist you say?

[Brainspore]

I liked Pig Killer, the optimist from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

Max: How long are you in for?

Pig Killer: The big one. Life.

Max: For killing a pig?

Pig Killer: I had to feed the kids. Ah, it doesn’t bother me. Down here, life’s two, three years.

[roomwithaview]

@Dioptase1

I’ll wait for some more studies.

I think it all boils down to the ratios of piss and vinegar.

[DukeTrout]

Don’t drink either.

[Torlygid]

Thank you for this! That has been my motto for decades, didn’t know that my theme song was out there, and from Mel Brooks, no less.

[tgarretteaton]

But, couldn’t the causation arrow be pointing the other way?.. That people who are more healthy and have better prospects in life have a more positive outlook wouldn’t be all that surprising… I guess I’d have to like, read the paper to find out. Ugh