[Musings] Cynics

[dancefloorlandmine]

One of my colleagues has just said, "Call me a cynic." I'm now wondering whether this would be like calling someone a cab ... do they give an ETA in the next half hour, and then sit outside muttering to themselves? And are there two kinds - licensed cynics (wearing black, perhaps - hmmm, found myself a career), and dodgy unlicensed, unmetered cynics who hang around outside offices offering cynicism at cheap rates, with whom you have to agree the price at the outset?

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Cynic or not cynic, that is the question...

[silenttex.livejournal.com]

But do you differentiate between real cycnicism, the kind studied and polished by the bitter experience of life, applied with wit and intelligence, and the pseudo-cynic with their pretentious, world-weary posturing and ennui? I find that anyone who says "Call me a cynic" falls, by definintion, into the second category. If you have to ask someone to call you a cynic... YOU'RE NOT.

Re: Cynic or not cynic, that is the question...

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

But what about pretentious world-weary posturing applied with wit and intelligence? It can be entertaining (although if taken too far it all goes a bit too Will Self).