If you have to choose one or the other, is ‘optimistic’ or ‘pessimistic’ the better choice? You get to set the criteria.
Welcome to a new feature at Intellectual Roundtable: Throwdown Thursdays! Each Thursday we’ll list a classic pair, and ask you to choose between them. If you want to provide the reasoning for your choice, all the better!
This week, we give you the choice of optimistic or pessimistic. You can decide what that means. Here are a few possibilities:
- Are you an optimistic or a pessimistic person?
- Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
- Does being optimistic or pessimistic prepare you better for life?
- Do you prefer that your friends and/or partner are optimistic or pessimistic?
Or come up with an interpretation of your own!