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Subject: 
Cynicism (Was: Three Cheers)
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:47:02 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
I've never met a cynic who became uncynical overnight by direct persuasion
or by happytalk.

I agree.  The more persuasion, happytalk, and Oreos offered to me overnight,
the less cynical *I* get.

I bet even Mike Stanley has his buttons, too.  I wonder if he'd ever admit
what they are over the net...?  :-,

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/



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  Re: Cynicism (Was: Three Cheers)
 
(...) Well, I'd bet a pitchfork or two what a couple might be;^) -John (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Three Cheers
 
(...) The purpose of my post wasn't to try to convince people to be less cynical; I've never met a cynic who became uncynical overnight by direct persuasion or by happytalk. The purpose of my post is to draw wide attention to something positive (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events)

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