Do consider yourself a cynic?

I would instead be thinking of what’s really in store for that baby, lol.

I’ve found myself thinking “another one bites the dust.” when I see young people deciding to get married.

I also very optimistic though, so I’m not completely cynical.

Not at all.

I consider myself a romantic.

I have become less cynical through the years.

Nope. In fact I once in college broke up with a boyfriend because he was a cynic! I was nicknamed “pollyanna” when I was in college, and I was proud of that!

There is cynical in the sense that word has come to mean in everyday English, and then there is the sense that it originally had as a school of thought in the ancient world, propounded (and lived) by people like Diogenes. I don’t consider myself cynical in either sense, though the latter has some appeal. In any case, I don’t think an aversion to excessive cuteness or kitsch is cynical in either sense either (AWK! oh well).

@marinelife I thought we were supposed to become more cynical with time? Lol.

@Blackberry I’ve just had to rub elbows with all different types of people, and I have come to see that most people are basically good.

More of a Skeptic/realist

Not at all. I do consider myself to be fairly wise and discriminating in my middle age. Cynical implies an overall negative outlook, discriminating implies wisdom, as in, don’t be surprised if you kiss a rattlesnake and it bites you on the lip, but there is no reason to be angry about the nature of the snake. Let the new parents have fun showing off their baby, it IS a joyful event for them, regardless of the reality of parenting. :-)

@marinelife Yeah, that’s cool. I think so as well, so I hope I keep meeting more good people.

Just the other day I was messing around on chat roulette and met some nice strangers from all over the world. Of course I had to sort through gross men…..lol.

@Blackberry Hmm, gross men, huh. And to think I was happy to see you! Lol.

To answer the OP, I don’t know, I’m not sure as to the purpose of this rather invasive inquiry. I feel like posting the link to the Secret Service website! Lol.

Oh, yeah.

Nope – you can sell me the Brooklyn Bridge any day of the week as long as it has twinkly eyes and a nice smile.

Haha. What do you think?

I’m a skeptic, but not a cynic. However, what you’re talking about on FB would annoy the everlasting shit out of me!

I don’t consider myself a cynic but I know how you feel about these crazy parents dressing their baby up like a doll. It gets on my nerves just reading about it.

@augustlan @flutherother Yeah – I hate that and I don’t think I’m cynical.

I second @Michael_Huntington in that I am more skeptical and realistic than I am cynical. But I definitely agree with you, @SuperMouse, that something like that would certainly annoy me to no end. I would feel bad for that child!
…and cringe at the thought of the torturous future in store for them on Toddlers and Tiaras…shudders.

Yes, but that has nothing to do with my aversion to and abhorrence of looking at pictures of a non descript baby in a zillion different outfits. A girl once dropped an inch and a half thick stack of pictures on my desk of the same baby. I told her to pick out two, and I would force myself to look.
I also don’t want to hold the baby. I reuse to make goo goo noises or stupid faces. I’m not going to talk to it and say “Ah buuushy buuushy booo. You want to come with me don’t you?”
Frankly, I’d rather put a stick in my eye. I have nothing to add to the “look at the baby” conversation.

I feel your pain about the baby pictures.

I see myself as generally having a very cynical outlook on politics which also tends to bring out the sarcasm in me. This bums me out because I’m really not a cynical person. For that reason I try not to get into extended discussions on the topic.

No, I’m just the opposite. I always believe things will turn out right in the end.

Nah, just an optomistic realist.

Now I know I am cynical! With apologies to the optimists of the thread; I lurved all the answers that admitted cynicism and the ones hating an overload of baby pictures on Facebook! @Fly I wish I could give you ten more GA’s for the Toddlers & Tiaras reference. ...and yes I can totally see this mom doing that. Ugh.

I agree with @augustlan. I’m a skeptic. A skeptic doubts with a wide eyed interest in seeing what is true. A cynic sees everything with a jaundiced eye and a curled lip and is certain s/he has the absolute answers. As far as being bored with the idea of looking at hundreds of one baby’s pictures, that’s not cynicism. That’s just good sense. Only the parents and grandparents would sit through that. True also of hundreds of shots from someone else’s vacation, wedding, graduation etc. . . . . . . . .“Oooh, look at _this _ one!” No thank you.

I alternate between cynical, skeptical, sarcastic, and detached.

For baby outfits and updates of kids’ after school craft projects- yeah, I’m cynical. I remember being of a few people who HATED “dancing baby”, “squealing insurance pig”, Snuggle the fabric softener bear and icanhascheburgercatshite.

remember the aliens from Mars Attacks and those super cool ray guns?

Yes. I am cynical and sarcastic. I am also pessimistic at times, and desensitized. I tend to look at things too objectively, not getting emotionally involved.
I first realized it when someone pointed it out to me as one of my main character traits. I was asking them what one of my main traits was, and that is what they told me.

I’ve been wondering about sarcasm and how healthy it is or is not, today. I am cynical, and was told I am negative. I’ve learned this from my family and try to resist.

If I was a cynic, I wouldn’t even have a FaceBook account.

I’m not at all cynical; to know that the world is totally fucked is just to see beyond the end of one’s nose.

@ratboy Nice. :)

I’m a realist

I am most definitely a cynic. I was at a charity concert on Saturday night and this little girl of about 8 or 9 years old did a song and dance in the most precocious manner possible. Whilst I could see that, with some training, she had potential to be a talented performer, I won’t lie, she annoyed the crap out of me! Some may find that kind of thing cute, I just find it nauseating. Her parents were probably proud though!!!

@Supermouse I think you should report those parents to STFUparents!