Cynicism - Fellow cynics unite.

[Pingfah]

^ I like that

 

[JNG]

I'd rather start as a cynic and have my heart changed by something or someone greater than I ever imagined than start out believing in people and be hurt over and over again when they let me down.

 

[blaXXer]

The optimist sees the glass as half full; the pessimist sees the glass as half empty; but the cynic sees the glass and remarks:'...tastes like crap anyways.'

FTFY.

 

[Holdfast]

This thread warms my cynical heart just enough to bother to reply.

Not that any of you deserve it.

 

[Goliath]

yeah so whats the point.

Especially since people always support the definition that's in their own best interest--the truth be damned.

There is no such thing as an universal 'truth'

Typical nihilist.

Denies the existence of universal truth--by asserting a universal truth.

 

[auntiehill]

The glass is half-full; the glass is half-empty.

Who gives a fuck about the glass? It's doesn't make a difference either way. Nothing ever changes. The glass is always there and nothing you do will change anything.

You bunch of idealists.

 

[Capn Flukie]

The glass is trying to kill me!

(oh wait, that's paranoid-schizophrenia)

Nevermind!

 

[Cayla]

The glass is half-full; the glass is half-empty.

Who gives a fuck about the glass? It's doesn't make a difference either way. Nothing every changes. The glass is always there and nothing you do will change anything.

One could always add more water to it.

 

[Krieg1981]

^There, that's the cynical spirit!

Forgive me, I was raised in the Daria/Grunge era. I wore, listened to, and swallowed cynicism by the spoonful.

You and me both!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx30kfiCe6A
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SqrsShcHc_E

 

[Elmo Dukat]

yeah so whats the point.

Especially since people always support the definition that's in their own best interest--the truth be damned.

There is no such thing as an universal 'truth'

There's no such things as absolutes.

Also, any effectively generated theory capable of expressing elementary arithmetic cannot be both consistent and complete. In particular, for any consistent, effectively generated formal theory that proves certain basic arithmetic truths, there is an arithmetical statement that is true, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel's_incompleteness_theorem#cite_note-0but not provable in the theory. [hyah!]

 

[trekkiedane]

Ehhh, why bother. It's not like uniting is going to get us anywhere.

So true -but we'll get there faster!

Not that I think the company is worth the bother though…

The optimist sees the glass as half full; the pessimist sees the glass as half empty; the engineer sees the glass as twice as big as it has to be.

But the marketing folks say: plenty of room for upgrades.

One could always add more water to it.

What? -You think I'm made of water???

 

[auntiehill]

^ You cheap bastard.

 

[trekkiedane]

^I am indeed very frugal and my parents weren't married when I was born, but, how did you know?

(PS: luv the av -well, I mean: the Loc!)

 

[auntiehill]

Well, Flukie made the lights flicker for me, so he deserved the credit.

(wow....that sounds kinda wrong, doesn't it?)

Anyway...anyone who believes in the glass is a weak-minded religious zealot. There is no glass. Just live your life, and get your water where you can.

 

[trekkiedane]

/.../anyone who believes in the glass is a weak-minded religious zealot. There is no glass. Just live your life, and get your water where you can.

In all honesty I prefer my spirit undiluted…

Well, Flukie made the lights flicker for me, so he deserved the credit.

(wow....that sounds kinda wrong, doesn't it?)

(Nah! -but it does sound like a sig!)

 

[auntiehill]

^

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

reporting for duty

 

[Elmo Dukat]

^Here's your Redshirt[TM] sir.

You see, we're all just redshirts, waiting for that stray laser beam or photon ricochet.

 

[blaXXer]

^Here's your Redshirt[TM] sir.

You see, we're all just redshirts, waiting for that stray laser beam or photon ricochet.

Again with the nihilism. Just shove the person next to you in harm's way.

 

[Goliath]

There's no such things as absolutes.

Am I the only one cynical enough to see the problem with statements like this?

Bunch of posers. I was cynical before blaXXer made it trendy.