Empty Optimism

People being optimistic when there's really nothing to be optimistic about. A sense that someone's positivity has no merit and is practically wasted because almost if not everything is purely negative at the time. This kind of thinking can be toxic because being happy all the time, even and especially during hardship, doesn't necessarily solve anything.

I'm getting tired of the amount of Empty Optimism that everyone around me is exerting. There's really nothing to be happy about right now.

by TheFiend138 April 26, 2020

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

Utd_Optimist

One of the smartest, most sensible Twitter accounts.

Utd_Optimist is a great account.

by VerySmartQuestionMark March 28, 2021

Boundless optimist

Someone who wants the experiences that go with being male, but never the negative consequences that go with being male, which is why she thinks being male vomes with lots of privileges that she doesn't have. In reality females get to do lots of things males don't, and you don't see as many males whining about wanting to have the same experiences females get to have.

Hopefully the jury will give the officer that shot Daunte Wright the same negative experience that they gave a male, Derek Chauvin, since some females seem to think life would be better/easier if they were male. Hopefully they don't go as easy on her as a jury usually would a female, after all Daunte Wright would usually be the bad guy just for being a male involved in a confrontation with a female, without anybody thinking about why it might have happened, and mindlessly defending the female, as usual. The boundless optimist was the real cynic, because nobody else had to be optimistic or look forward to something that wasn't positive, they could take a spade for what it was.

by Solid Mantis April 21, 2021

Cautiously Optimistic

Promising but I wouldn’t bet on it.

The Cleveland Browns look good this off-season and it should be their year, but they’re the Browns so I’m cautiously optimistic.

by BigSleezy August 4, 2021

radical optimism

Dua Lipa’s 3rd studio album, including the hits Training Season and Houdini. Produced by Kevin Parker aka Tame Impala, the album is composed of psychedelic pop and electro-pop, bringing a newer sound to Dua Lipa’s catalog. The album has an almost euro-summer vibe to it that is perfect to listen to by the pool. Best pop album of 2024!!!!

Have you listened to radical optimism yet? My favorite song is These Walls.

by Lanadelrey2012 August 7, 2024

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