>A truly committed pessimist would accept this dark omen

Nah, that would be a fatalist

Surely there's some overlap?

Don't know many optimistic fatalists.

	▲	coldtea 18 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		fatalist thinks whatever is to come will come and accepts whatever comes pessimmist thinks the worse will come - and is grumpy about it
	▲	pinkmuffinere 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		“It’s all going to be great, and you can’t change that no matter how hard you try.”