Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

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Published 2016-02-17
Bert and John Jacobs take to the streets in NYC to find out if people are optimists or pessimists, but most importantly why.

All Comments (21)
  • More like.. Optimist - prefers sweet lies.. Pessimist - prefers bitter truths..
  • @tonycook2388
    A optimist is a man falling of a skyscraper half way down he thinks well so far so good
  • @ApolloStarfall
    A lot of these "optimists" are actually expressing philosophically pessimistic sentiments
  • @KougarManx468
    I'm a pessimistic type of person , if l have to rate my pessimism from 1 - 10 l'll rate it a 10 .
  • Being a realist often gets labeled a pessimist. Just because you are aware and can accept that things won’t always be rainbows and unicorns, doesn’t mean you think about EVERYTHING negatively. What is mantra? Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
  • I love this!! I will be talking about your interview on "The Good News Wednesday Show with Karen Donovan" that I do every week. Great motivation!! Thanks for sharing!!
  • @WoWGirl6
    I am neither. I prefer to live in the moment and accept anything that happens. Optimists hope for something but can be naive. And may often be let down due to expectations. Pessimists are skeptics. They can be more grounded in realism but often their bitterness can be debilitating. They expect things to turn out for the worst. Both optimists and pessimists expect a certain outcome. Both are places I would rather not be.
  • @saw9413
    Optimist: Look how sunny it is! It's so beautiful! Pessimist: ..it's too hot. i'm going back inside.
  • I'm 101% optimist! It's the best thing we can do..we have to believe in this world!!
  • That is fine! Love life! Try to see better sides of every moment in our life and believe to own bright future!
  • @aliadibi8945
    Of course people are generally not deep thinkers and are therefore optimists. How many deep thinkers throughout human history were optimists? Realism is pessimism. Read schopenhauer.
  • @jenna5809
    I feel, I'm a mix of both pessimist and optimist to be honest, I'm bad days and I should just feel mellow and on my better days and actually more upbeat. I wouldn't label that. But I do appreciate the little things I have so yeah I don't I believe you be both a mixer.
  • @melisariera5963
    Native speakers! Could you help telling me what the man with the cap says after "My wife had cancer. I took care of her for five years. We used to travel ..."?
  • @ira3140
    nice vid. but the music at the background is too loud, i can't distingiush the words as i am not a native english speaker
  • Some days were bad ,but there was always something to look forward to - Copium -