Odd case - I'm cynical... in a rather OK part of the United States. I fall under KnightInSourArmor, due to the endless ass-fucking I read about every day that people and corporations and government and (insert BigBad of the day here) do to each other, but I'm somewhat optimistic about what good can be done (though, still being cynical, it probably will fail or won't last long, ''if'' some sort of optimistic agreement can come about). He does, however, hate idiots who think the world is GrimDark and humans don't deserve to live or "they know the gullibility of humans" or "people are too stupid to think this will never work". Yes, I know people are gullible. Try meeting some people before you whip out your "LOL I'M THE ONLY GOOD GUY HERE 'CUZ I'M FUCKIN' CYNICAL" card.

We're quite a bit alike. And I come from a city usually voted in the top 10 most livable cities in the world.

Wait a second... you mean to tell me the world isn't a crapsack world? But... how does that work?

At home we had a real Grumpy Bear chasing a tourist a for this troper unknown distance and for a couple of weeks ago tropers mother had a bear growling at her.

This troper and then some.

My parents have no idea how I turned out to be such a pessimist. Neither do I. I like to refer to myself as an optimistic pessimist, though -- I want good things to happen and hope they do, but I won't be surprised when something goes horribly, horribly wrong.

This troper is accused of this because my "base state" emotion looks to be rather depressed and the mention of said fact usually sends my into full on Grumpy Bear

This Troper's mom. When I brought up the idea of a machine that can record dreams, she instantly started thinking of all of the bad things that could happen because of it.

This Troper's brother-in-law is NotAMorningPerson, and thus has received the nickname of Grumpy McBugbear in the mornings.

This troper's dad is like this at times. Sometimes, it seems like he cannot stand being the only person not in a good mood.

Unfortunately, if you ask my mom, Father Like Son}} I have shades of this too, at times.

This troper doesn't know whether to label herself a Grumpy Bear or an Eeyore (which may be due to the fact there's no Eeyore troper pages on this site). Whenever she tries to think of a happy thought, it's followed immediately by horrible, pessimistic, negative ones. She doesn't even have a justifiable reason for being so negative (and neurotic), considering she grew up in a perfectly acceptable (not perfect, but acceptable) household filled with loving family, good friends, and is financially stable. But everything she sees is a tragedy waiting to happen no matter how good the outcome, and is more than willing to question the values that America holds so dear to their society. She's so depressed that she wonders if the love she receives from her family is real or not. In fact, she has to take prozac pills every day to stave off obsessive negative thoughts, and is right now trying to pull herself together from a certain semi-breakdown (something about loss of reality, inability of perfection, worthlessness of basic values, stupidity of good emotions like happiness and loyalty, cruel afterlife, endless pain, etc) that she fears will be with her for the rest of her life. Whether she happens to be an insane, cynical wreck in a perfect society or has viable reason for being so depressed, she votes for the former (because somehow she's too skeptical to think there's a happier alternative).

Zigzagged: When I'm a GrumpyBear, I'm right. Then suddenly, I'm a WideEyedIdealist who eventually realizes I'm wrong, then...(continues for another million printable pages)

Sounds like me. I tend to be friendly, curious, explorative, and optimistic at one point... but as soon as you put me with someone who is similar, especially if they are naïve, I put on my JadeColoredGlasses.

This troper's grandfather, definitely. It's kind of become a joke in the family, and he's been given various gifts with Grumpy from Disney's SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs on them.