Cynical Paws : Othor Games

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:11 am

I doubt you'll find much more solace under Shariah or armed militias than you will in the US. Despite certain causes of concern, we enjoy endless amenities and benefits here.

I don't think you wuite realize how good we have it here. Despite all of our flaws and [censored].

Dudes... you do realize there are European countries with way higher standards of living right?

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:28 am

Dudes... you do realize there are European countries with way higher standards of living right?

Way higher? No. Higher? Certainly.

Despite the problems we have here, we still are a great Nation with a lot going for it. Everywhere has problems, moving won't solve that. Especially going somewhere else where you will need to adapt to new things. Which is both a good and bad thing.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:14 am

New Zealand has the current highest level of freedom in the world, and Switzerland is militarily one of the safest. If I ever went to Africa it would be on humanitarian work.

Also, it's always been a dream of mine to see the world. That is my biggest reason for planning to go away. I've been all over America, but need out of the country. Another thing is, and this probably sounds like conspiracy theorist bull, but I smell an enormous wave of trouble coming, and I don't want to be here when it happens.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:07 am

My job, or should I say, (some of) my co-workers and my boss, stress me out every single day. I desperately need a new job, but until I can find something else, I just deal with this huge knot in the center of my chest whenever I have to work the next day. And all day while working. I'm caught between a rock and a hard place about it, because if I go to the administrator, it's my word against theirs and will I get canned? Or just make my situation worse by making an issue about it? So I just go to work every day with a knot in my chest... anxiety attacks svck. My parents and my room mate/co-worker want me to go tell the administrator because they are afraid I'm going to have a heart attack. Well, maybe it will finish me off and I won't have to work there anymore. :confused:

It doesn't make me cynical about the world, (other things do that) just about this particular place of employment and some employees.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:03 am

New Zealand has the current highest level of freedom in the world, and Switzerland is militarily one of the safest. If I ever went to Africa it would be on humanitarian work.

Also, it's always been a dream of mine to see the world. That is my biggest reason for planning to go away. I've been all over America, but need out of the country. Another thing is, and this probably sounds like conspiracy theorist bull, but I smell an enormous wave of trouble coming, and I don't want to be here when it happens.

If you want to look for trouble coming you need only look at the immigration rates for European countries in the past decade, then fast-forward to the next 20 years.

Not to mention that freedom of speech is much more restricted pretty much everywhere else in the world.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:46 am

Oops, I accidentally pressed quote instead of edit. Still getting re-acquainted with the forums.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:05 am

New Zealand has the current highest level of freedom in the world, and Switzerland is militarily one of the safest. If I ever went to Africa it would be on humanitarian work.

Also, it's always been a dream of mine to see the world. That is my biggest reason for planning to go away. I've been all over America, but need out of the country. Another thing is, and this probably sounds like conspiracy theorist bull, but I smell an enormous wave of trouble coming, and I don't want to be here when it happens.

Are you serious? What source are you using to keep up with current events in Europe? Basta Covek makes a very good point. I want to add before I get flamed, I do not have a problem with Europe and I am not saying it is a bad place. I am just making the point that many things that upset you about the U.S. you will find, more or less, everywhere.

» Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:07 pm

Probably. Still, I'm moving to Europe or Africa as soon as possible.

Come to Europe. We have castles and [censored].

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:40 am

Only one of the two countries he referred to is in Europe you ding dongs. And he's (sort of) correct in both claims. And America is most certainly headed for a massive [censored]storm, you'd have to have your head in the sand to not see that. Unless of course your head is busy watching the various biased media/news outlets in which case you'd be better off with your head in the sand to begin with.

edit - late to the convo, ignored the previous commentary beyond three our four posts. Forgive my ignorance

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:15 am

Only one of the two countries he referred to is in Europe you ding dongs. And he's (sort of) correct in both claims. And America is most certainly headed for a massive [censored]storm, you'd have to have your head in the sand to not see that. Unless of course your head is busy watching the various biased media/news outlets in which case you'd be better off with your head in the sand to begin with.

edit - late to the convo, ignored the previous commentary beyond three our four posts. Forgive my ignorance

lol, I am not going to get into a political debate but the factors that are sending America into a "massive [censored]storm" are factors that are already very well established and very much apart of everyday life elsewhere. If you can't see that then perhaps you should take your own head out of the sand. Also, ALL American media has become biased which is why I pay attention to none of it. I am done going off topic, sorry.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:12 am

Chemotherapy last year turned me into a cynic, but once I got out of the bad part I got a little more hopeful and now I'm pretty much out of that phase.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:43 am

I get cynical and grumpy almost every time I read the news paper. I really hate what western society is turning into.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:13 am

I think I am just cynical about everything, when I think about it. Anything that has to do with politics really burns me up though. Over the past couple years I have had to apply a rule for myself which limits my exposure to it. I think I get a lot of my cynicism from my father.... he is a grumpy man.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:14 am

Guys, this is getting a wee bit too political for these forums.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:27 am

My job, or should I say, (some of) my co-workers and my boss, stress me out every single day.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:23 am

If you've realized that not everyone can "be a winner," that's a good thing. But the next step is not to then sit and pity yourself for not being a winner by default; that's the point when you're supposed to get up and make your mark in something.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:30 am

I think it's no big secret that my views have pretty much degraded as of late. The little bit of cautious, optimistic happiness I once held is meaningless, pointless, worthless, futile, or whatever you wish to call it. At the moment, all I can do is look at the world with contemptuous eyes to see what comes around the corner to screw me over, those around me, or hurt someone else. This seems to be only compounded by the daily crap that's spewed forth in the news. Personally, I would love to stop reading the news, however I feel that such a move would leave me ignorant to the world around me as I would become an uneducated person with a spiteful attitude.

Think what truly ticked me off as of late was an article about a middle school principal who decided to cancel honor's night, honor's night being an event which rewards students who maintained good grades for those who are unfamiliar with the concept. The principal's main reasoning behind all of this was "it would hurt the feelings of those students who didn't make it," and decided to make the "everyone's a winner" all inclusive awards night.

Now, this is just my "cynical" view mind you, but that attitude of "everybody is a winner" is something children abandon when they graduate elementary school, at least that's what I did when I went from elementary school to middle school. There are winners and losers. Losers are tought to have a sense of sportsmanship or being a "good sport" about things, while learning how to cope with defeat. The main reason behind that ideal, from the perspective I gained, is to breed that sense of learning to respect others accomplishments and inspire yourself to do better the next time. I guess those ideals instilled within me were wrong.

Anyways, to the main point of this post, are there any recent events that have made you somewhat cynical on the way you look at the world?

I don't look at TV the same since everything is fake. Including the shows that led us to believe they were real and the only reason I liked those shows was because I thought they were real. I don't trust TV anymore. :sad:

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:20 am

When I was younger my dad told me somthing that I still hold true.

"No matter how hard you try or how hard you practice, there will always be some one better than you. The trick is though, not to make it easy for them to be better than you."

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:38 am

"No matter how hard you try or how hard you practice, there will always be some one better than you. The trick is though, not to make it easy for them to be better than you."

Love to follow that rule, but when i'm seeing more and more child prodigies that can do 10x the crap I can do while only utilizing 1/2 their brain power, all I can do is shrug. Think that's another reason I have such a cynical, pessimistic vew as of late since I can't think of a damn thing i'm good at or that I can really do. Not to mention it's wrong to contemplate my situation/feel sorry for myself since there are others out there in the world who will always have it worse than me. Read a story about two or three days ago about a teen that was terminally ill and was lucky to have her prom in the hospital. The very next day after she had her prom, she died.

» Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:48 pm

The only thing I'm still cynical about are people that are cynical.

I'd like to one up that and say I'm cynical about people who are cynical about people being cynical...

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:58 am

I suppose a thread about Cynicalism isn't complete without a post from the King of Cynics - Terra Nova.

That being said, to the person who I wont name, this is for you: I know when someone isn't serious, and I know when someone is [censored]ting me. I know when Im trolled and I know when someone uses something they know I would like in order to hurt me emotionally due to giving me false hope. Well I didn't fall for it. I simply played along with your little game and [censored]ted with you. I am disappointed in you though, because you didn't seem like the type of person to do something like that.

I cannot trust people. I do this and I only put my already ailing heart in more jeopardy.

» Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:06 am

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My egomania makes me feel targeted, but I assure I have been dead serious both here and in 99% of my other posts.