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There are many folks who confuse cynicism with thoughtfulness and intelligence.

• saltcured 3y ago
  Yes, but there are also the inverse who confuse thoughtfulness for cynicism! And this is just one facet of a more general cognitive behavior, where abstraction fails. I like to think of it as metaphor collapsing into simile. Call me cynical, but I think the original topic is almost inevitable in a long-running and/or large venue. The feeling that a venue lacks this part of the human experience is itself fleeting and illusory. I think it's something vaguely like the birthday paradox in a population.