Let's find out what RX-8 owners tend to be :cool:

Eh, I'm kinda pessimist/realist. Voted P., though.

The tank is just too big to hold that much liquid.

Raised a pessimist ...and it's taking decades to reverse it.

Optimist

I'm a realist that tends to be optimistic. :D

pessimism<--------->realism<----------------------------------------------------------------->optimism

Optimistic. Cynical, but optimistic.
And that tank has a safety factor of 2. :p

op·ti·mist


One who usually expects a favorable outcome.
A believer in philosophical optimism.

pes·si·mism .


A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view: “We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach” (Margo Jones).
The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil.
The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.

Neither of these particularly negates the idea of realism



re·al·ist


One who is inclined to literal truth and pragmatism.
A practitioner of artistic or philosophic realism.

I rather think pragmatically.


prag·ma·tism


Philosophy. A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.
A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems.

I'm positive that bad things are going to happen.

I think pessimist and realist are actually pretty close in relation if you think about it.