Observations of a cynic

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you don’t have to destroy those traits in order to get ahead. any place worth going will require you to have these 3 traits.

if you’re currently feeling like you gotta drop these 3 traits, maybe you’re around some low vibrating people and you might wanna get away from them if you wanna be happy.

cuz the people you’re surrounding yourself with might be bringing down your optimism and morale a bit.

in other words, you’re feeling like you gotta drop these 3 traits cuz the people around you don’t have them.

i’m not blaming you. it’s not your fault. it’s probably just the environment you’re in. (obviously i don’t know you personally so i can’t be sure but yeah)

with that being said, i’ll say this…

when you’re dealing with rotten people, you will quickly find out that playing fair doesn’t work.

it’s actually best not to play with those people at all (just like that famous saying goes, “don’t wrestle with pigs. you both get dirty and the pig likes it”) but if you absolutely have to play for some reason, i would say leave your mercy at home. cuz “they” won’t have any mercy for you either. sadly.

people who are rotten to the core aren’t gonna appreciate you and treat you nicely just cuz you’re nice to them. it’s sad but that’s just the reality.
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Posted by Black-Ops-Berserker
Honesty, integrity, loyalty.

These are the three things you must destroy within yourself to get ahead in this world.

It's lonely upon the throne of bones.

That's if you are lucky.

Otherwise it's likely one day the only ones left around you are those without a choice, using you, and like minded people. Finding yourself defending your position from the same tactics that got you there. Looking over your shoulder and sleeping with on eye open. While also guarding your closet of skeletons.

Does that sound like your cup of tea?

If so you would do well in politics and the criminal world😏
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Posted by serenidad
also…

“wanting to be able to sleep at night” is a concept only felt and understood by people with a strong moral compass and a sense of what’s right and what’s wrong.

a psychopath can technically kill someone and still sleep decently at night.


100% . I feel like those who possess these traits just have them and they can’t operate to the contrary of them. If they for some reason had to something bad by suppressing them, then their moral compass wouldn’t allow them to sleep.
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op most likely isn’t a psychopath. i doubt a psychopath would even ponder shit like this. let alone start a round-table talk about it. *shrug*

a cynic is by definition, someone who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons.

and most likely, op’s reality (the things he has seen so far with his own eyes) hasn’t proven him wrong.

his social circle and current environment and all that.

that’s why i sorta suggested he hang around different types of people. (preferably better quality ones). better as in their personalities and morals and how they move through life etc

preferably sooner than later.

before he turns into those exact people he doesn’t like and become unrecognizable even to himself.
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Posted by Lostthoughts
Posted by Black-Ops-Berserker
Honesty, integrity, loyalty.
These are the three things you must destroy within yourself to get ahead in this world.

It's lonely upon the throne of bones.

That's if you are lucky.

Otherwise it's likely one day the only ones left around you are those without a choice, using you, and like minded people. Finding yourself defending your position from the same tactics that got you there. Looking over your shoulder and sleeping with on eye open. While also guarding your closet of skeletons.

Does that sound like your cup of tea?

If so you would do well in politics and the criminal world😏

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You missed out those at the top of the corporate ladder too.
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Greylatern, The Laughing Heart
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Posted by Black-Ops-Berserker
Posted by Lostthoughts
Posted by Black-Ops-Berserker
Honesty, integrity, loyalty.
These are the three things you must destroy within yourself to get ahead in this world.
It's lonely upon the throne of bones.
That's if you are lucky.
Otherwise it's likely one day the only ones left around you are those without a choice, using you, and like minded people. Finding yourself defending your position from the same tactics that got you there. Looking over your shoulder and sleeping with on eye open. While also guarding your closet of skeletons.
Does that sound like your cup of tea?
If so you would do well in politics and the criminal world😏

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You missed out those at the top of the corporate ladder too.
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Lmao thats implied.

In fact! Check out this bullshit

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/kathleen-martin