Cynics

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Enoshima Smoothie wrote on 2013-04-11 03:59

I have no issue with cynical people or being near them. [SIZE="1"](I admit to being a horrible cynical bastard my last two years of high school)[/SIZE]
You just have to understand that the events in their lives have influenced them into seeing the world from a different perspective than that of an optimist. Of course there are some people who take their cynicism to the extreme, but then that starts to delve more into the realm of a possible disorder and less of a "choice"...so...

Anyway.
Too much optimism leads to too much confidence and then you end up like Icarus. Too much cynicism leads to a rotten personality and then you're yelling at kids to get off your lawn when they're on the sidewalk.
You just need to maintain a balance between cynicism and optimism, both in yourself and in those you associate with.

[SIZE="1"](Plus both types of people tend to inadvertently motivate one another by driving the other to prove the other's views wrong, so that's a plus.)[/SIZE]
Drizzit wrote on 2013-04-11 04:03

Quote from Phunkie;1066047:

People who are cynical about love:

Well, I think it might be overrated, but if you have true love, good for you.

-Who say that you'll never find a job that makes you happy.

Well, statistically, you probably won't...

-Who criticize you for getting a degree in something you like, instead of something that can produce you more money. For example, writing over business, or musical theater over physics.

...especially if you do this. Degree in musical theater=Full-time McDonald's employee. But, I can't really say anything because i majored in philosophy anyway. I'm jut realistic about my job prospects.

-Who criticize others for believing in a God.

-Who accuse religion for being the cause of all the evil things other believers have done throughout history.

Ok, this is a pet peeve of mine. People who blame relgion for all or ost of the world's problems are ignorant of both religion and of world history. Religion just gets a bad rap because people use it as an excuse.

-Who ask things like, "What's the point to life?"

Philosophers do this; it's an important question.
Claudia wrote on 2013-04-11 20:53

I just like to stay away from people like you described, Joel, because they just end up dragging me down, too.

I respect that other people can look at situations like love and marriage very differently, but if I'm not rubbing my happy wedded life in your face I don't expect you to drone on about how miserable married life is every single day.

If you want to look at things through a cynical point of view, feel free to do that. But just like any other opinion, sometimes it's better left unsaid. Human beings tend to remember negative things more strongly than positive things, so it makes it doubly unbearable to hear you grouse about life.
naomily wrote on 2013-04-26 07:59

I D G A F :chin:

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