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I want it all
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Let's not confuse skepticism and derision for pouting. We both laugh, just for different reasons. You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same. I beg to differ with you .. I am about as far from a 'groupie' as there is. I'm a rebel thru and thru. Just ask my former employer's HR dept. I was in there more than in my office sometimes. Again .. back to the original question .. HOW'S THAT WORKIN FOR YA? My point for the thread was just that ^^ if it works for ya hey .. Happy for YOU. You laugh about taking a skeptical attitude, I laugh at you bein so funny about it. Balance in life is EVERYTHING. If cynicism gets you down, then please .. change it up. That's ALL I'm sayin 
I'm not knocking your perspective, just don't be cynical about mine 
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Edited by
Dancere
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Sun 02/01/09 09:07 AM
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I easily sustain joy and happiness in the very same system that runs cynicism through my entire being. I'm grateful to call it part of my toolkit of wisdom
We are the sum of many things. For me, it is a very synergistic QUALITY that throws great light on every path I travel. Maybe that's just me, I'm multi-tonal. Long live rainbows! |
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Wouldn't do that. You know me better.
However, there's only two things in life I have absolute faith in: Jesus, and the Green Bay Packers. That's it. |
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I want it all
AND I WANT IT NOW!!!! now? YES NOW!!! |
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Wouldn't do that. You know me better. However, there's only two things in life I have absolute faith in: Jesus, and the Green Bay Packers. That's it. And the PACK can let us down. LOL I agree about God though .. for sure 
It's just that I believe HE has the ability to change anything. I guess I see cynicism as robbing HOPE.  And life without hope is well ............
((((((((( HOPELESS )))))))))))) 
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Admittedly, there have been times when I've raised an eyebrow about Jesus, but in the end, it's not for me to question.
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Edited by
moofooga
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Sun 02/01/09 09:19 AM
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Cynicism is a state of mind culled from plenty of experience, leading one to see the true nature of things. If seeing the realistic side of things makes it "negative", then so be it. At least one remains true to oneself instead of allowing fantasy to absorb them. Exactly. And being one who's had his share of negative experiences, this is the truth. Bah Humbug indeed.
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I easily sustain joy and happiness in the very same system that runs cynicism through my entire being. I'm grateful to call it part of my toolkit of wisdom We are the sum of many things. For me, it is a very synergistic QUALITY that throws great light on every path I travel. Maybe that's just me, I'm multi-tonal. Long live rainbows! (((( rainbows )))) takes the rain and spins hope |
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Edited by
Dancere
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Sun 02/01/09 09:22 AM
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When I just commented, I hadn't read the thread. I was just responding to the query.
Odd that cynicismic is being dressed in pessimism, as if the definition of it. Many of the naysayers are actually expressing belief in cynicism and allergy to pessimism, just using the wrong words to define. There's more agreement here than meets the eye, if one reads between the lines. Seems more a accurate terminology and logic issue. Cynics Anonymous anyone? I'll go first. I'm Dancere and I'm a cynic. There, that wasn't so bad. 
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Let's not confuse skepticism and derision for pouting. We both laugh, just for different reasons. You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same. Hm. How are all the non-cynical people the same? Because they're not cynical and cranky?
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Sooooooooooo I was just wondering ...
Since cynicism is soooooo depressing a negative mindset and all  ... and I don't get it ..  (Cuz, I LOVE HAPPY  ) and am about as far from being cynical as you could find -
HOW'S THAT WORKIN FOR YA?
you're only saying that because you are so selfish...
*runs to other end of forums before the cynics see the thread* 
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what slowhand? HOW does being positive in attitude and appreciating the gift of life make me selfish?
I'm missin it ..
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When I just commented, I hadn't read the thread. I was just responding to the query. Odd that cynicismic is being dressed in pessimism, as if the definition of it. Many of the naysayers are actually expressing belief in cynicism and allergy to pessimism, just using the wrong words to define. There's more agreement here than meets the eye, if one reads between the lines. Seems more a accurate terminology and logic issue. Cynics Anonymous anyone? I'll go first. I'm Dancere and I'm a cynic. There, that wasn't so bad.
was it painful? I'm scured 
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Let's not confuse skepticism and derision for pouting. We both laugh, just for different reasons. You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same. Hm. How are all the non-cynical people the same? Because they're not cynical and cranky?
Is the whole world really red? 
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Let's not confuse skepticism and derision for pouting. We both laugh, just for different reasons. You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same. Hm. How are all the non-cynical people the same? Because they're not cynical and cranky?
Is the whole world really red?
Hey! those are mine! where'd you find em?
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When I just commented, I hadn't read the thread. I was just responding to the query. Odd that cynicismic is being dressed in pessimism, as if the definition of it. Many of the naysayers are actually expressing belief in cynicism and allergy to pessimism, just using the wrong words to define. There's more agreement here than meets the eye, if one reads between the lines. Seems more a accurate terminology and logic issue. Cynics Anonymous anyone? I'll go first. I'm Dancere and I'm a cynic. There, that wasn't so bad.
was it painful? I'm scured
Come on in, the water's FINE! Just take deep breaths and I'll be here for you, holding your hand. You can do this! 
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A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
Ralph Waldo Emerson A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. H. L. Mencken The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. David T. Wolf The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. Henry Ward Beecher Cynicism is intellectual treason. Norman Cousins A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. Henry Louis Mencken Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. J. Russel Lynes A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. Ambrose Bierce It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.' Charles Dudley Warner Cynicism is the humor of hatred. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. George Jean Nathan It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. James G. Cozzens A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye. Carolyn Wells What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. J. G. Cozzens I'm a hopeful cynic. Tracy Chapman The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. Henry L. Stimson |
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but .. I don't WANNA
You come this way instead
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Let's not confuse skepticism and derision for pouting. We both laugh, just for different reasons. You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same. Hm. How are all the non-cynical people the same? Because they're not cynical and cranky?
Is the whole world really red?
Of course not. I just choose to take things as they come without being cynical about it. I also choose to enjoy life, rather than only living to work and pay the bills. |
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