A pessimist is just an optimist playing hard to get. Commentary:Playing hard to get: the ultimate plot twist for optimists in disguise! 😆👏✨ Related Funny Posts 🤝 Optimist: The glass is ½ full. Pessimist: The glass is ½ empty. Excel: The glass is January 2nd. While the optimist and pessimist argued about the glass of water, the opportunist drank it. I’m an optimist and i understand how annoying that is. The incontinent optimist sees the bladder as half empty. Anyone who thinks being a pessimist isn’t any fun fails to appreciate the joy of saying, ‘I told you so.’