Dean W. Ball(@deanwball):This is so true and so rarely observed. Cynicism is often the pacifier of midwits. Sometimes the cynical explanation is the right one, but in my experience that’s the exception to the rule, and besides it is possible in those circumstances to be earnest about one’s cynicism.

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Dean W. Ball@deanwball

2026.08.16 04:18

This is so true and so rarely observed. Cynicism is often the pacifier of midwits. Sometimes the cynical explanation is the right one, but in my experience that’s the exception to the rule, and besides it is possible in those circumstances to be earnest about one’s cynicism.

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