# Growing trend of uncontrolled cynicism **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919 "2009-10-02T03:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rett\_Mikhal](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/rett_mikhal/32/5894_2.png) [@Rett\_Mikhal](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Rett_Mikhal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/1 "2009-10-02T03:06:04Z")
It seems the hip thing to do these days is to be a complete cynic. It’s gotten to the point whenever anything new comes out the camps are instantly divided; half the people in the world hate it and half of them like it. Generally, if logic dictates it’s friggen terrible (such as the ‘Movie Movies’ like ‘Epic Movie’), the arguments for why it is so blisteringly awful fall on the deaf ears of people that for some reason or another like it. However, much more often, something very well made comes out (‘District 9’) and people whine and bitch about how it is the worst movie ever made. Take a moment to think of any scene from a terrible movie. From Ed Wood to Uwe Boll. You can just TELL it’s awful from the picture in your head, can’t you? It reeks of poor talent. Take a moment to think of any scene from a terrific movie. From Cameron to Scorsese. Every moment in the film is finely crafted to lead into another moment or draw you into the film. Everything is meticulously crafted. Some films are, for lack of a better word, perfect. But what’s that to stop 13 year olds from endlessly whining about it on imdb? All this talk about movies is just for sake of example, this cynicism has managed to saturate every aspect of life, from entertainment to everyday living. It’s not uncommon to hear people complain about something unchangeable like it’s insulting something hasn’t been done about it… like… oh I don’t know, the sun. “Yeah the sun sucks, man, why can’t it always be night? F!@$ the sun!” How have we fallen so far into ignorance and cynical attitudes? What happened to logic and work ethic? Imagine if this happened a 100 years ago. Imagine if people of this generation were working on the nuclear bomb in 1940. It would NEVER have been completed (especially since it was privately funded by the government and thus there was no reward for finishing the project but plenty of paychecks for as long as development continued.) You see this kind of work ethic all the time. The only reason people stick with jobs these days is because they know they can’t get fired and have a meal ticket. There’s no pride in a hard day’s work. What are your thoughts? How did this all start, why is it so ingrained in society, and where will it all lead us? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Charlie_Richter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/2 "2009-10-02T03:13:56Z")
> [@Rett\_Mikhal](#): > > instantly divided; half the people in the world hate it and half of them like it. Its been like this since Christ was walking the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_aka/32/5932_2.png) [@Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_AKA)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/3 "2009-10-02T03:23:17Z")
The irony of this wall of text is not lost on me. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Charlie_Richter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/4 "2009-10-02T03:36:34Z")
I Believe the internet is to blame for most of this. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_aka/32/5932_2.png) [@Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_AKA)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/5 "2009-10-02T03:40:41Z")
This entire post forgets the sixties. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Charlie\_Richter](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Charlie_Richter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/6 "2009-10-02T03:42:18Z")
If anyone remembers the sixties they werent there. ---
**Author:** ![cpu64](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cpu64/32/104792_2.png) [@cpu64](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/cpu64)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/7 "2009-10-02T03:57:29Z")
I was just about to post a really important example of the core subject at the center of the original post. But then I remembered that would start an unnecessary flame war and people would just get mad at me. So I’ll keep it to myself and let it kill me, little by little, on the inside… ---
**Author:** ![rockstar232007](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/rockstar232007/32/5979_2.png) [@rockstar232007](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/rockstar232007)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/8 "2009-10-02T04:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > where will it all lead us? You DON’T want to know! ---
**Author:** ![Austin](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Austin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Austin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/9 "2009-10-02T05:21:39Z")
> [@CPU64](#): > > I was just about to post a really important example of the core subject at the center of the original post. But then I remembered that would start an unnecessary flame war and people would just get mad at me. > > So I’ll keep it to myself and let it kill me, little by little, on the inside… Khaki. ---
**Author:** ![Jairus](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jairus](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Jairus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/10 "2009-10-02T05:44:29Z")
Everyone comes to this realization at some point in their late teens/early 20’s. It sounds deep and ponderous to you, but really it’s just the way humans are. It’s the way it’s always been and the way it always will be. Welcome to life. Here’s your helmet. ---
**Author:** ![cpu64](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cpu64/32/104792_2.png) [@cpu64](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/cpu64)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/11 "2009-10-02T05:47:14Z")
> [@Austin](#): > > Khaki. No, way bigger than that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawaiiangb](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/hawaiiangb/32/5853_2.png) [@hawaiiangb](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/hawaiiangb)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/12 "2009-10-02T08:40:35Z")
wait a minute…cynicism is a growing trend? wasnt it always popular? ---
**Author:** ![Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ron_daniels/32/12_2.png) [@Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ron_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/13 "2009-10-02T12:49:32Z")
RON PAUL 2012 ---
**Author:** ![Nerdy\_NotionZ](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@Nerdy\_NotionZ](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Nerdy_NotionZ)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/14 "2009-10-02T12:59:36Z")
> [@Ron Daniels](#): > > RON PAUL 2012 He can’t win! Dont jizz yourself ---
**Author:** ![enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/enchanted_unicorn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/15 "2009-10-02T13:25:02Z")
hey it’s our God-given right to be miserable. ---
**Author:** ![BigJon](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bigjon/32/117_2.png) [@BigJon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BigJon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/16 "2009-10-02T14:38:58Z")
I think some folks tend to suck power out of making negative comments. I believe that internet “anonimity” has helped further this. Just look at comments on a random youtube video. ---
**Author:** ![Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ron_daniels/32/12_2.png) [@Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ron_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/17 "2009-10-02T14:51:35Z")
Ron Paul will appear and destroy us all. ---
**Author:** ![wbundrick](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@wbundrick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/wbundrick)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/18 "2009-10-02T16:34:54Z")
Maybe it’s always been like this but the Internet has really brought it to light, because the Internet allows complete idiots to have a far greater audience than they deserve. Case in point, that YouTube video of the woman who is seeing a rainbow in the mist of her garden sprinkler and she’s yelling “WHAT ARE THEY PUTTING IN OUR DRINKING WATER?” ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Shannon](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_shannon/32/5852_2.png) [@Dan\_Shannon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_Shannon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/19 "2009-10-02T19:53:39Z")
In response to all posts before and after this statement: **\*\*We’re Doomed.** **\*\*** Thank you for your time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonCharger)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/growing-trend-of-uncontrolled-cynicism/6919/20 "2009-10-02T21:06:54Z")
welcome to america.