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Are you Cynical?

  • 28-04-2009 10:23am
    #1
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Would you consider yourself a cynical person? Despite my best efforts to the contrary i can't help but be cynical a lot of the time. Is it an inherently Irish thing?


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  • #2
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Generally? No. About the media, politicians, civil servants and AH? Yes.

    Incidentally, the word 'cynic' is Greek and means 'doggie'.


  • #3
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    Hold on.. why exactly do YOU want to know?


  • #4
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    if i was a greek god id be Cynicles.


  • #5
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,639 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    if i was a greek god id be Cynicles.
    If I were a Greek god I'd be Tysticles

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #6
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    OldGoat wrote: »
    If I were a Greek god I'd be Testicles

    fyp.


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  • #7
    az2wp0sye65487
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭az2wp0sye65487


    Who? Me?


  • #8
    Milena Odd Rant
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Milena Odd Rant


    yeah, very


  • #9
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,639 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    fyp.
    No, you didn't.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #10
    Mr.Lizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭Mr.Lizard


    OP, I like the way you try to present your thread as just some harmless disscusion about cynicism, but I believe there is some ulterior motive to your question.


  • #11
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    OldGoat wrote: »
    No, you didn't.

    that actually meant- for your perusal.


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  • #12
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    He's an Illuminati. Get him boys!


  • #13
    Captain-America
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    Now Ted, I'm very cynical as you know...


  • #14
    Borneo Fnctn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Borneo Fnctn


    I'm one of the most cynical people I know. I generally despise mainstream music and other entertainment. I think I'm an old romantic at heart though.


  • #15
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,762 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    In come cases, yes - I make RTDH look mainstream. Especially when it comes to education (or lack thereof).

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #16
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,070 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Me...cynical?

    Yeah you would think that


  • #17
    omyatari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭omyatari


    quite, its hard work.....


  • #18
    shenanigans1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭shenanigans1982


    Yeah I am....and the people who come on here with low post counts talking about this new product/place they found thats the best in the world made me this way.

    F*ckers.


  • #19
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,639 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Is anyone else putting on their Cynical Face as they read each reply, just to get the full flavour of the comments?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #20
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Cynicism is for pussies.

    Misanthropy is where it's at.


    (PS I'm Canadian so it's not an "Irish thing")


  • #21
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    No, I'm whimsical and carefree as anyone who knows me will testify.


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  • #22
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    at times yes I am...


  • #23
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Mr.Lizard wrote: »
    OP, I like the way you try to present your thread as just some harmless disscusion about cynicism, but I believe there is some ulterior motive to your question.
    Nope, no ulterior motive, punk.


  • #24
    Smart Bug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Smart Bug


    shenanigans1982 wrote: »
    Yeah I am....and the people who come on here with low post counts talking about this new product/place they found thats the best in the world made me this way.

    F*ckers.


    I agree fully. I'd run over them in my trusty Canyonero.

    Now that Canyonero is the Cadillac of automobiles...


  • #25
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    No, just a realist.


  • #26
    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    liah wrote: »
    No, just a realist.
    +1

    People who call others cynical because they're not a fcuking fruitcake annoy me.


  • #27
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    liah wrote: »
    No, just a realist.

    Bah beat me to it


  • #28
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,584 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    "Well, Ted, I'm very cynical, as you know"


  • #29
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Yeah, I am pretty cynical. Kinda goes with the whole "being a miserable, pessimistic, misanthropic bastard" thing I have going on.


  • #30
    Terodil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 809 ✭✭✭Terodil


    Cynical can be fun, with tongue-in-cheek and if not overdone ;)

    and yeah I subscribe to that, sometimes


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  • #31
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    I was born cynical, my first words being "This is going to be some fucking fun isn't it?":(


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