Cynics happen when skeptics are right for decades, but no one will listen to them.
That’s line’s got some oomph to it
¿Por Qué No Los Dos?
Being cynical and defeatist is a coping mechanism. Like racism, its a form of dealing with a continuously shitty situation while not addressing the real problem.
If you look at the small amount of people that drink 1000$ wine bottles for lunch while you‘re struggling to pay the rent, then you find the problem these cynics are unable to address.
I do understand. I am constantly fighting that myself. For me it’s an aspirational statement, not necessarily one I always manage to live.
Same. I mostly try to be honest with myself as I found that copium rarely is helpful. We‘re in this mess now and we can either sulk or get going. I choose to get going day after day. Hows that for aspirational statements? :)
Making to tomorrow is sometimes not a small undertaking.
Fair enough. In bad times, that is true for me as well. But these times pass eventually. At least they always have in the past.
Classical cynics loved to ridicule society and exalt nature. Modern cynics ridicule society and exalt themselves.
A cynic that owns a mortgage and a 401k is a bigger imposter than the tourist wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt in the Mall of America.
A skeptic will seek more information. A cynic will just shit on it first and maybe (probably not) ask questions later.
This is why I am much more of a cynic nowadays. So much fud and I can’t go down a rabbit hole with every one to determine why its wrong. Oh man and my wife stays informed with youtube.
It’s more important to have a reasonable stance, yourself, and in areas you can directly impact, than it is to establish truth in scenarios you have virtually no impact upon.
I don’t think so
Is it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?
Oh sure, you’d love that wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t you? Probably. I don’t know, prove it to me.
So that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.
Good, keep going.
Do you listen to The Grey Area?
Not to far. Thanks for letting me know about it.
Listen to the episode from last week “why cynicism is bad for you” … you’re on to something with your post here that is covered a lot in the episode.
We need more sardonicism.
I certainly won’t disagree with that.
