Are you a cynic?

I'm not big on agendas so if someone has an agenda and they feel using me will help them achieve that I usually figure it out before it gets that far. LOL
 
wcwbf said:
i guess i'm more of a skeptic than a cynic. i'm instantly suspicious of a lot of stuff more than automatically think someone is doing something shady.
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I am also and I really wish I wasn’t like this because lately the people in my life are truly magical. My world is changing and I think it’s due to an attitude adjustment. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. It’s so true and it’s so relieving.
 
A degree of cynicism is necessary for evaluating any situation. It only becomes a negative attribute if your cynicism applies to everything in life.

I am cynical about people who whinge all the time, those who continuously feel sorry for themselves. Regardless of age, one can always do something about a situation...always.
 
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mine says this:
a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons.
 
Gaer said:
My dictionary says"a snarling ,fault finding person." it comes from the Greek "doglike" or "snarling".
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Which dictionary?

The Greek word kunikos, from which cynic comes, was originally an adjective meaning "doglike," from kuōn, "dog.".
 
Mr. Ed wrote: I have a cynical sense of humour.
Gary O' said:
Yeah, that's me

Heh, folks make it so easy
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I'm not a cynic, BUT, (there's always a but!), I guess its because I'm too lazy or foolish to bother to figure out others motivations very often, though when pushed my insight into human character sometimes shines through to the fore. :)
 

Cynical People, cynic, n. A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin​


http://www.cynical.ws/cynical_people/

Quote:
"Thank Gawd for cynical people, whose anchor in hard-won reality keep starry-eyed idealist from causing real trouble."

America is awash in cynics, a byproduct of American pioneer upbringing and a perpetual slate of candidates that provide cynics fresh meat (as if they needed more, those intellectual gluttons). Yet even among cynics, some are held in awe for their acerbic observations and verbal eviscerations. Cynics elevate them to divine heights, though real cynics see that as a profit making ploy."

1st Example:
Cynics Definition of the word "Camel"

"n. A racehorse designed by a committee."

"n. A quadruped useful for crossing deserts, show business, and offending anyone in close proximity."

"n. A beast with four legs and two humps – not to be confused with a Menage a trois."

2nd Example:
Cynics Definition of the word "Novel"
"n. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art."

"n. A well-padded short story."

Cynics comments:
"Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it."

"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown aside with great force."

3rd Example, comment on the word "Introduction"

"The introduction attains its most malevolent development in this century, being, indeed, closely related to our political system. Every American being the equal of every other American, it follows that everybody has the right to know everybody else, which implies the right to introduce without request or permission. The Declaration of Independence should have read thus: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers." — Ambrose Bierce
 
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Some more views on thread topic, quote:
"Whilst I have on occasion come to a wrong conclusion on the available evidence, (though nothing particular comes to mind).
I am convinced by the saying: "There's No Smoke Without Fire". There is something to be said for a good healthy dose of scepticism."
 
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