Cautious optimism

Theres no such thing as cautious optimism. Cautious optimism is cynicism. Thinking the sky is going to fall and trying to look forward to the little bit of good left in things before it does is cynicism. Really, having a bucket list is cynicism, since even though it becomes more likely that you'll die soon when you get older, once the mystery isnt there you're not really living anyway, you're just trying to live the rest of your days as an adrenaline junkie before the crash at the end, to go out with a bang, that's cynicism. Most thoughts disguised as positive are really cynical by nature.

Fuck positive thoughts and people, they think the end is a crash and it becomes one for everybody else too. There is no cautious optimism.

by Solid Mantis May 1, 2020

Pareto optimal

A sophisticated way to say, "Life is not always fair"

Person A: How come Hillary Clinton didn't win the 2008 primaries?

Person B: Well...life in many ways is Pareto optimal. Besides I heard from someone that her campaign slogan was, "Anarchy is my policy for men."

by paisleynotes November 2, 2009

ROME (Recursive Optimization for Model Enhancement)

A revolutionary AI framework that transforms traditional AI systems into highly efficient, self-improving platforms without the typical enterprise-scale infrastructure costs. ROME enables AI systems to learn and adapt from each interaction, achieving 99.90% accuracy while using 90.00% fewer computing resources than conventional AI solutions. It's essentially the difference between building a massive data center versus running a lean, intelligent system that delivers superior results. Most notably, ROME reduces implementation costs from $144,000+ to under $5,000 while cutting deployment time from 3 months to just 2 weeks. For executives looking to modernize their AI operations, ROME represents the shift from resource-heavy AI to intelligent optimization.

After implementing ROME (Recursive Optimization for Model Enhancement), we cut response times from 500ms to 76ms while maintaining optimal performance across 100,000+ daily interactions.

by Edan.AIS February 11, 2025

Hypothetical Optimism

When someone tells you “things get better” but that isn’t really true. They say this because they have a hypothetical belief that you can have someone to help you get better.

1:Hey man, you have someone to talk to, trust me.
2:That’s hypothetical optimism because I have no one to talk to. I’m also lonely as fuck.

by whx November 19, 2023

hate coded and optimized

You "hate coded", BUT you went backed, and fixed the solution with better code (examples: more elegant algorithm, efficient use of memory, better performance, better use of data structures, easier to read and/or maintain, added comments, added unit testing, etc)

I solved day 3 of the Advent of Code, and I hate coded and optimized a solution.

by appalasian December 6, 2017

Optimal privation

Why the privation? Do you want to know? They NEED you... To NEED Jesus and their reality monster.

Hym "So... If you DON'T ACTUALLY NEED THEIR REALITY MONSTER... Well... That's nothing a little OPTIMAL PRIVATION WON'T FIX! Then you'll have nowhere else to turn. And if you DON'T? Well, the creature will sort you out after you're dead. So, they need to manufacture it with inaction. People can be quoted saying 'Well, so-and-so could fix world hunger over night' BUT that would get rid of all the privation. No need for Jesus anymore. The church would have no one to feed to justify all of the money they are given. The poor are perpetual money farms so long as you create a perpetual state of privation. Because people are always willing to donate to charity or church. They aren't even expected to spend all of the money ON THE ACTUAL THING FOR WHICH THEY ARE BEING GIVEN THE MONEY. The don't have to show their receipts."

by Hym Iam August 14, 2023

optimism

no.

If you look up the word optimism in the OED and this is true, the definition simply says no

by kentern October 18, 2020