u/obscurespecter

If you are or were to be social for whatever reason and to get to know someone and be known in return, how would you explain your pessimism sincerely? How much of yourself would you reveal? What would you say? How would you explain yourself to a regular friend versus a close friend?

As for people you need to get along with but not necessarily intimately, such as in an academic or work environment, how would you explain your pessimism euphemistically or less intensely? Say you work in academia and explaining yourself and your worldview comes up at some point in the conversation. How would you explain it without outing yourself as a pessimist? What terms would you use?