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Study: Pessimists live longer, healthier lives
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Posted on 03/02/2013 5:38:41 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: ClearCase_guy
This explains how my uncle Bruce lived to be almost ninety. He was about as lifeless as anyone ever seen outside of a grave, when he came to visit he would lie on the couch and grumble. He had a voice that made my hero Charlton Heston sound like a sissy, when he whispered the house moved but he missed an opportunity to make millions as an announcer, he spent his working career walking around a towel factory oiling machines. He made Rodney Dangerfield look like the president of the Optimist Club.
To: Olog-hai
These kinds of stories are not to be trusted. Truth is more than likely this is all a ruse— a clever socialist plot to sway us to reject medical care and rip up roses and stomp them before anyone smells them instead.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:00:04 PM PST
by
Dysart
To: RipSawyer
oiled machines in a towel factory?
wow.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:03:24 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Olog-hai
Pessimistic people are happier.
Think about it. Optimistic people are only happy when things go the way they expect.
Ergo - I think it will be good -- it is good, therefore this affirms my disposition; therefore I am happy.
If things go bad, things go against my disposition and I feel bad about myself then I am sad Panda.
Pessimist -- I think it will be bad -- if it turns out good, I am doubly happy because I did not expect it.
If things go bad, I expected things to go bad and this affirms my disposition and I feel good about myself for being so smart. Winning move for me!
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:10:27 PM PST
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
To: Olog-hai
If pessimists live longer, then they die older and meaner and lonelier.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:13:11 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Olog-hai
Finally a scientific esplanation why I’ve suffered so long!
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:19:39 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: dfwgator
A pessimist is never disappointed. Oh stop. You're just trying to make me feel better.
To: 3Fingas
“Pessimistic people are happier.
Think about it. Optimistic people are only happy when things go the way they expect.
Ergo - I think it will be good — it is good, therefore this affirms my disposition; therefore I am happy.
If things go bad, things go against my disposition and I feel bad about”
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Your scenario recalls a scene in “What about Bob,” if I recall correctly. I forget which character but I want to say it was the son.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:24:35 PM PST
by
Dysart
To: dfwgator
” A pessimist is never disappointed.”
Exactly, which is why they live longer.
To: 3Fingas
“Don’t expect friends, don’t expect fun, don’t expect a good life, don’t expect anything and if you get something, it’s a bonus.” - Frank Zappa
(Of course Frank only made it to 53, so perhaps the theory isn’t so true)
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:31:05 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Gen.Blather
BammyCare is DOOMED!
Those who don't believe in it are now increasing and will now live longer, causing it to collapse.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:33:11 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: dfwgator
Well, I hope to live longer than Frank Zappa, but I am not expecting to. :-D
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:33:44 PM PST
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:39:39 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: beethovenfan
"Meh!"
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:40:44 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
I bet that further studies will fail to verify this finding!
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:48:14 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Olog-hai
Boyscout motto will get you far in life.
Be prepared.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:49:12 PM PST
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: Olog-hai
cause optimists believe help is coming and will starve to death waiting for a handout, pessimists don't and won't...
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:56:35 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Gen.Blather
>> Awe, cr*p. Im going to live forever.
Unfortunately.
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posted on
03/02/2013 6:56:35 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(The Palin Doctrine.)
To: pieceofthepuzzle
Nah, pessimists don’t live longer—it only seems longer to them.
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