Play nice, now, people ... I'll hit you with something heavy.

true but one bad apple spoils the bunch...that's a factual statement, not a cynical one

I hear what you're saying about staying positive and seeing the world in a better light but imo the only way to do so is to ignore the fact that the world grows darker by the day, as you seem to do by ignoring bad news.

That's why I feel being a bit cynical is being realistic about the ways of the world and most of the people living in it...there's very few pure drops of water in the dirty ocean and they're slowly being contaminated

Lol probably.

Is it? I guess I'm a relatively "ignorant" person.. Proof that ignorance is not bliss .. but I'm not sure education has anything to do with attitude I know that might not be what you're saying but.. yeah maybe I'll just end this reply now.


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Anything recent to make me more cynical?

LOL

Let's put it this way. If I lived on an island with just my family I'd immediately declare us a sovereign nation. I'd then build up an army and declare war on anything that has pissed me off in the past 6 years. I have no hope for humanity and I'm hoping some huge piece of floating rock will slam into the earth and wipe is out. We're done here.

I never said I ignored bad news. I am by no means isolating myself from bad news in order to live in a world where nothing is wrong and everything is jolly good. I said that I don't focus on them, as in I won't use them to taint the other things that goes on in the world that is of the better kind.

Some people disregard any sort of good news, and paint their own world black by thinking that all the negative things that goes on are the only things that matter. I like keeping myself updated, be it good or bad news. The key is having a balanced view.
That's not true, at all. That's a cynical and pessimistic view.

You're making baby jesus cry

< look at baby jesus's face.

look at it....

Is it bad that this made me laugh?

LOL. not at all. maybe help out with that cynicism

And this is why being overly cynical isn't a healthy position to take.

Being critical about things (and to a certain extent cynical about certain things, such as politics) is different, and I do think people should definitely question what they're told, but questioning something isn't the same as going "[censored] everyone".

Why so cynical?

My attitude is like a calm sea. A calm sea with a underwater volcano spewing for hot magma edging ever closer to the surface of the water. I have been some what cynical of the world since I was in high school and started paying attention to the news. The internet expanded my cynicism when I could learn of the wrongs of the world that havnt been passed half way around the world by word of mouth and loose the bit of truth it once had.

I see nothing wrong with a cynical outlook so long as you dont become bitter to the world. It's not everyone's fault that the world is screwed up but it's better to be knowledgeable of the world rather than a ignorant fool.

I used to be a skeptic. Now I'm a borderline misanthrope. But that's only regarding the human race as a whole unit. When it comes to individual people, that isn't the case. I take them one at a time. In other words, I think that one day humanity will destroy itself (or their ability to sustain itself, species-survivability wise), because it can't help itself, and because it doesn't take that many nuts in power to create disaster. Yet that doesn't preclude that many, many individuals are awesome, wonderful people that I'd trust with my life. Or at least harmless.

So...y'know...depends.

...but if we're talking about more generalist but personalized concept, like whether or not I believe I have the worst luck and life is always out to "get me" so why bother trying, or something .... then no, I don't think like that at all.

Could be the problem. The news lies and distorts stuff to an extreme extent. The massive statistical probability and terrorists aren't going to blow up your car, and paedophiles aren't going to have six with your kid, but the News doesn't want you to think that thanks to the populist, emotive way it reports things.

I dont watch tv news any more except local and weather. And I could care less about terrorists and other crap like that. My cynicism is more towards the governments, corrupt business practices, and rubbish laws and loopholes.

Again (and I would like to point out that extreme criticism of the things you listed is to be commended), the news is only going to show you the negatives, and the people that perpetrate these negatives.

Scare tactics. I know about 10 people in my family that won't fly a plane do to a fear, given to them by the media, that their plane will be hijacked.

Nothing that I see in the media makes me cynical. I don't think the world is nearly as bad as its shown to be.

You had everyone is a winner in grade school? LOL.

I had to fight in wars against much older grade levels because they were trying to take our playground. Back then the teacher's didn't give a [censored] if students got injured, as long as it wasn't anything too horrible.

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Yea, my dog died today. The only one left that I don't get allergic too because I had him before I got diagnosed with a bunch of conditions. He was only 5yrs 1 month and I believe 9 days old, we just toasted his birthday last month and wished him a long life. Kidney failure. We had to put him to sleep. I likely wont ever have a dog again that won't make me sick in some capacity or other. I already had cynical views, this has just made me a little more grumpy.

It pushes people away. Not a healthy way to live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gZvEAjGHw

I try not to be too cynical. As long as I try my best to be the kindest person I can be then I can assume there are others who share the same views and try the same, after all in this vast world no one person is truly unique in their views. And if the people who do good things for this world can with their actions outweigh the actions of those that would do bad in it then it's all good and worth it.

Don't look around and wait to see if something good will happen, go out and make it happen.

And as far as random events happening that have nothing to do with humans I can't really be cynical at inanimate objects or other such things.

If anything, the opposite for me. Normally I wouldn't go into confession time like this, but since all I am to you people is Blackhand4, an anonymous name on the internet, I think it doesn't really matter.

Living in Hawaii had taken its toll on me, as I personally don't like it here. At least the part I live in. It's constantly loud, and going to High School doesn't help my mental state much considering... well... it's High School. Being surrounded by people you know with all of your heart that you don't belong amongst tends to be rather agitating. Toss in all the other things slowly clawing away at my mind, and I found myself to be one of the most angry people this world had to offer.

I'm not the screaming kind of anger though. I'm the subtle kind of angry. The kind of angry that can ruin a person's day by pointing out the cold truth in a cold way. The kind of angry that has the ability to make people go quiet with a glare. There's a reason why my avatar is what it is.

It was more than just anger though. It was every single negative emotion you could possibly have beginning to build up in one mind. Just imagine. You doubt every single person that lives in your area, looking toward them as a liar, a trap just waiting to be sprung. You hate pretty much everything about your environment, viewing it as a prison that you're just counting down the time it takes to get out. The only people you can truly rely on as friends are people you met on an online game, since the area you live in is severely lacking in those you belong with.

If not for me going toward one of those people, I'm not even sure if I'd be on this forum right now. I was getting dangerously close to the point where one says: "If you want to survive in this world, there is absolutely no way one can have room for compassion." All it would of taken is one REALLY bad day and I think I would've been there. Hell, I still worry that, put under the right circumstances, I can possibly become one of the most dangerous people to have lived. I really do worry about that.

But again: I have someone whom is helping me out. For the past month I've been trying to move away from those thoughts and look at things in a different, more understanding and compassionate light. Stop keeping everything so locked in and maybe, for once, let myself have a bit of humanity.

That's what you need, OP. A reason to have faith, and I do hope you find that reason, whatever it may be. It really does make life easier once you have someone or something to be a better person for. It really does.

It's hard not to be cynical in this world today.

Sorry if that was the perceived idea, but no, the schools I attended didn't have any of the "everyone's a winner" concepts. Every kid worked for their achievements, and were appropriately awarded. Just glad that I got out of public schooling when I did. Things started to hit the toilet when I was nearing the end of my senior year with classes being combined to "save money."

Wait, so some of you actually hold this "if it doesn't effect me, I don't care" attitude?

Not that it's bad or anything, but what's the appeal to that? If everyone stopped caring about things that didn't effect them directly, no one would care about anything. Why choose to be ignorant to the outside world? That would just make you blind to things and not knowing what you're talking about when you express an opinion.

Can someone answer this?