What Is Cynicism?
First, a few words of welcome. All right, more than a few.
Come in, good visitor, and shut the door behind you. You're in
The Cynic's Sanctuary now, safe from the worldly evils and petty vexations that may have driven you here. What kind of evils and vexations would drive an otherwise healthy human being to seek solace among cynics? How about these, for starters:
Overwork
Unemployment
"We'll keep your resume on file"
People whose cell phones ring at movies and funerals
Being ridiculed by your inferiors
Wondering if you're inferior to your inferiors
Going bald, especially if you're a woman
Getting stuck in a bad career
Realizing that a bad career makes a bad life
The demise of Western civilization
The triumph of degeneracy, barbarism, evil, and MBAs
Cheesy books that stay on the bestseller list for 187 weeks
Chronic disappointment
Eating bean sprouts and dying young anyway
Eternal damnation as your final reward
In these congenial precincts you won't be snubbed by snooty high school cliques or badgered by clueless bosses. You won't have to endure money-mad day-traders or merchandising tie-ins for the latest blockbuster film. Here you'll find no dippy New Age gurus, no surefire diet plans that backfire two months later, no smug certainties of any kind.
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