Are you getting more cynical with age/time? page 1
Free Falling 9th February 2012, 04:01 AM I sure as hell am! borealis 9th February 2012, 04:20 AM Perhaps oddly, I'm much less cynical now than when I was younger. Couldn't pick a poll thingy, though, because 'life is what you make of it' is stark wrong, since horrible things can happen to perfectly reasonable competent people; 'it gets better and better' is way too many tranquilizers the other side of reality; and 'take a pill bitch' is just mean. Adenosine 9th February 2012, 04:20 AM Either more cynical or more realistic. Jerome 9th February 2012, 04:26 AM The reverse for me. :dunno: Mr. Mellow 9th February 2012, 06:25 AM Hard to say. When I'm depressed over how many of my friends in life have become Christians, including family members, or when people like George Bush the Stupider can be elected and then re-elected, I feel like I just want to vacuum up everyone and dump the bag. Also, working in the public sector for 14 years left me disillusioned ...