On Monday, 1 September 2014 at 20:02:41 UTC, Russel Winder via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Mon, 2014-09-01 at 19:49 +0000, Chris via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
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True, true. Most people don't realize / care about how all
this stuff affects them. In fact, your average iPhone user
will be quite happy with the corporate prison, as long as they
can watch the latest shit on youtube.
If it was an A-list celebrity having a sh!t, I suspect a lot of
people
would make a very serious amount of dosh.
Apologies for the apparent cynicism, but it is really just
reality
(television) sinking home.
No worries, you're not being cynical. The word 'cynicism' is
often used wrongly. It is usually used to shut up those who raise
critical questions. And it's usually the real cynics who use this
strategy.
You are just being sarcastic in your comments. And sarcasm
usually means that someone does care, albeit s/he might be a bit
frustrated. In fact, if you were cynical, you wouldn't even
bother to write these comments, you wouldn't give a damn any
more. The guys who wrote "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes (you)
free") over the entrances to various concentration camps were
cynical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_%28contemporary%29#Overview
