yes i am cynical but that doesnt mean i can be proven wrong by peoples actions though not to sound like a total asshole where i live is chalk full of rich mommas boys who get whatever they want which is why im cynical
Poll: Are you cynical?
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I would describe myself as an optimistic realist. I don't think that sitting around wishing that the world would be better will make it better. But at the same time I think that most people are generally good, and that little efforts in the right direction and the world could be a better place.
Very cynical.
Idealism is amusing. "It will turn out alright!", "It will all work out in the end." Ha! The world changes according to the physical laws, not the needs of the human race - even less likely the needs of an individual human being.
Human beings can always be counted on to be stupid and ignorant - and boy do we suffer for it - as the complexity of the concepts and the amount of information the human brain can process is very limited in the grand scheme of things. As a collective/a group we have a "flaw" in which we are motivated more by the emotions of fear and anger then by rational thought.
Terrible and costly mistakes will be made. We have made a countless number of them since time immemorial and we will continue to do so.
We are also "selfish" in the sense that we are really no different from other animals in that we are completely controlled by our instincts. It's our instincts that drive us to do what we do, that define what our "end goals" are - which for the majority of the human race (barring mutations and change of "habitat" that result in those instinct not functioning "as intended") is to self-replicate; an instinct which we inherited from our predecessors (which they have to have possessed else we would not be here). Our more sophisticated brains are nothing more than a tool to that end. In the end, people will do whatever their instincts demand they do.
The world is an unfair and pitiless place.
For those of you going, "My life is going fine, I can't really complain too much.". Well, my life isn't. Personally I believe my life is more or less over. That my circumstances have made it impossible for me to fulfill my genetic imperatives, hence I'm more or less doom to a life of frustration and misery of which death will be the only relief.
Idealism is amusing. "It will turn out alright!", "It will all work out in the end." Ha! The world changes according to the physical laws, not the needs of the human race - even less likely the needs of an individual human being.
Human beings can always be counted on to be stupid and ignorant - and boy do we suffer for it - as the complexity of the concepts and the amount of information the human brain can process is very limited in the grand scheme of things. As a collective/a group we have a "flaw" in which we are motivated more by the emotions of fear and anger then by rational thought.
Terrible and costly mistakes will be made. We have made a countless number of them since time immemorial and we will continue to do so.
We are also "selfish" in the sense that we are really no different from other animals in that we are completely controlled by our instincts. It's our instincts that drive us to do what we do, that define what our "end goals" are - which for the majority of the human race (barring mutations and change of "habitat" that result in those instinct not functioning "as intended") is to self-replicate; an instinct which we inherited from our predecessors (which they have to have possessed else we would not be here). Our more sophisticated brains are nothing more than a tool to that end. In the end, people will do whatever their instincts demand they do.
The world is an unfair and pitiless place.
For those of you going, "My life is going fine, I can't really complain too much.". Well, my life isn't. Personally I believe my life is more or less over. That my circumstances have made it impossible for me to fulfill my genetic imperatives, hence I'm more or less doom to a life of frustration and misery of which death will be the only relief.
I used to be really cynical but recently I've been trying to make myself less so; more idealistic and happy with things despite everything but not to the point of being delusional.
I prefer to think of myself as a realist, but most people seem to think that I'm jaded and cynical.
A little bit. When I started having mostly negative views of people, I thought it was because of too much television and Internet. So for one year I shrunk my exposure to tiny amounts. However, I still felt bad even after the one year. I came to the conclusion I just plain don't like people. Whenever I run into people I don't like, quoting Kung-Pow! in my head makes the experience better.
"Pay no attention to Wimp-Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke!"
"Pay no attention to Wimp-Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke!"
Did you read what I said, or did you just filter it into "America sucks!" and move on?erttheking said:
Because it was pretty clear how exactly I transitioned to "jabs" at "your" country. Not to mention exactly how it was on topic with relation to your own comments and case.
First of all, thank you for taking two days to respond and necroing this thread in the processZachary Amaranth said:
Second transition? One second you're talking about the methods of humanity and how people are panicking and the next you're taking jabs out at America saying how we're built on the tears of, it comes completely out of nowhere and makes absolutely no sense at all.