http://www.michaelteachings.com/cynic_attitude.html   Many people on this board when accused of negative attitudes say they are a cynic or a realist.  Here is an article which discusses both and where they differ. Yeah it is a little esoteric and touchy feely but it describes the categories well.    In a nutshell Cynics are negative, argumentative and believe that like Murphy, whatever can go wrong will go wrong.  They focus on the attitude that :if you are going to do it at least do it in t