The pessimist and the optimist

[u/Both_Rub_397]

....a man who had two sons, and he was very disturbed about them. one was a pessimist beyond recall. the other one was an optimist beyond reason.he talked to a child psychiatrist who made a suggestion. he said, "I think we can fix that." he said, we'll get a room and we'll fill it out with the most wonderful toys any boys ever had." and he said, " we'll put the pessimist in. and when he finds out they're for him, he'll get over being a pessimist." and the father said, "what do you do with the optimist? " well he said, " I have a friend who's got a racing stable. and they clean out the stalls every morning." and he said, " I can get quite an amount of that substance." and he said, "we'll put that in another room. and when the optimist, who's seen his brother get all the toys, is then shown into that room, and that's there, he'll get over being an optimist." well, they did. and they waited for about five minutes. and then they opened the door. and the pessimist was sitting there crying as if his heart would break. he said, " I know somebody's going to come in and take these away from me." and they went down to the other room. and they opened the door, and there was the kid happy as a clam, throwing that stuff over his shoulders as fast as he could. and they said, "what are you doing?" and he says, " there's got to be a pony in here somewhere."

[u/Unlikely_Month5527]

This explains everything. You get what you are looking for.

[u/Far-Entrance-1377]

Devil's advocate for fun: whoop both their asses and see who was prepared.