[coldtea]

>A truly committed pessimist would accept this dark omen

Nah, that would be a fatalist

[jimbokun]

Surely there's some overlap?

Don't know many optimistic fatalists.

[coldtea]

fatalist thinks whatever is to come will come and accepts whatever comes

pessimmist thinks the worse will come - and is grumpy about it

[pinkmuffinere]

“It’s all going to be great, and you can’t change that no matter how hard you try.”