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> If we had more of it It's the default mode of twitter and other places where conversation is a wasteland. Sure, I'll take a cynical terrorist over a true-be

• belter 4y ago
  I appreciate your reply, but there are different tones to it. I see most technical cynicism as frustration and ambition for technical excellence. Most emotionally detached debate gives some undertones of something creepy, I can't really put my finger on. I would not waste sweat on a vim vs emacs war :-) but if you don't get your heart pounding on a Windows vs Linux vs Mac debate for example, there something unsettling about it also. :-) Quoting from the article below: "..So as cynicism about many – perhaps most – things rises, so too does our appreciation and affection for what is good and true. Cynicism leads to more tender feelings towards what is truly lovable..." "In praise of cynicism": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/10/in-praise-of-cynicism#:~:text=So%20as%20cynicism%20about%20many,towards%20what%20is%20truly%20lovable https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/10/in-praise-of-c....
  • jonahx 4y ago
    I get where you're coming from. Honesty, and raw criticism of things that deserve it, is valuable. I think sarcasm, though, is rarely the right tactic. Sarcasm is, most of the time, the mode of either impotence or petty resentment. If you actually want to affect change or genuinely communicate, it is a poor tool. Occasionally, yes, it can be a righteous blow of justified revolt. And of course this is how the sarcastic imagine themselves, almost always. But far more often they are just indulging their worst impulses.