History Quotes / SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers

-->--'''Ursula K. Le Guin''', ''“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”''

-> ''"Funny story, I watched Smiling Friends recently and I didn't get the hype at first. It's not a bad show, it's actually pretty good, but I had no idea why people fell in love with the thing. People told me without irony that it is one of the best things that Adult Swim has ever put on the air. That is a tall order. And then it clicked; Smiling. Friends. The show is about characters trying to make others happy and it doesn't end with the characters learning again and again that it's a pointless endeavor. Every happy ending isn't subverted with pain and suffering, they actually end episodes with people being happy and not every punchline is misery and suffering. Like, it's the first show in a very long time whose message doesn't begin and end that life sucks and then you die. We need more of this; four, five, six seasons-one hundred episodes, Morty! O-one hundred episodes of trying to make people smile!" ''

-->-- '''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime

-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/JacobGeller Jacob Geller]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=O2tXLsEUpaQ "Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda"]]

-> '' "Funny story, I watched Smiling Friends recently and I didn't get the hype at first. It's not a bad show, it's actually pretty good, but I had no idea why people fell in love with the thing. People told me without irony that it is one of the best things that Adult Swim has ever put on the air. That is a tall order. And then it clicked; Smiling. Friends. The show is about characters trying to make others happy and it doesn't end with the characters learning again and again that it's a pointless endeavor. Every happy ending isn't subverted with pain and suffering, they actually end episodes with people being happy and not every punchline is misery and suffering. Like, it's the first show in a very long time whose message doesn't begin and end that life sucks and then you die. We need more of this; four, five, six seasons-one hundred episodes, Morty! O-one hundred episodes of trying to make people smile!" ''

-->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsLp9SiLYvM Vanegood]]

->''"In a time of dismay and dread, is it admirable for filmmakers to depict pure evil? Have [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11, suicide bombers]], serial killers and kidnappings created a world in which the response of the artist must be nihilistic and hopeless? At the end of your film, [[KillEmAll after the other characters have been killed]] in sadistic and gruesome ways, the only survivor is the one who is [[BigBad evil incarnate]], and we hear [[EvilLaugh his cold laughter]] under a screen that has gone dark. Your answer, that the world is evil and therefore it is your responsibility to reflect it, is no answer at all, but a surrender."''

-->-- '''''Wiki/RationalWiki''''' on Libertarians

->"I could write ninety percent of an essay on how any of these games are [[DarkerAndEdgier 'the darkest']] in [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda their series]], but then you get to the end and… what? 'Isn't it crazy how messed up this is?' It's an empty reading, substanceless. [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers Ironically, it’s juvenile. Being 'messed up' is not a theme. Darkness is not a narrative. Violence on its own is not mature.]] Every description I’ve given thus far is missing the crucial piece, the 'so what?', the 'why should I care?'... To brand any of these games as the darkest Zelda is to miss the forest for the trees, focus on the storytelling methods without considering what the stories themselves are doing with them. Heroism shines when contrasted with the darkness. Acts of compassion mean more when stakes are high. And this perspective also misses the levity of the stories, and what those moments contribute as well. [[TooBleakStoppedCaring A world without joy and humor isn’t a compelling world to fight for.]] Every one of these games become meaningful through their lightest elements, absurd side characters and silly mini games and the idea of Link not being heavy until he takes the metal boots out of his pocket and puts them on his feet. Zelda games flourish in this twilight, the melding of light and dark. The disparate tones mutually empower each other."

->''"We all want to be the smirking protagonist who can’t be bothered to get passionate or incensed about anything. Responding to all problems with a [='=]''hmph''[='=] as they strut away casually. I’m looking at you, ''all anime ever''. We admire this type of character, ignoring the fact that they’re displaying all the signs of having serious depression. They’re not so much rebels as they are miserable jerks.\\\
This narrative is only encouraged by the idea that happy people are either ignorant, deluded, or just plain faking it. Cynics love to paint happiness as a two-dimensional facade, something disingenuous that should be avoided. And those who are genuinely happy are simply conforming to societal pressure. This is pretty hypocritical, as cynics themselves are often unwittingly conforming to the cool character type."''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''', [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Nerd_Rage_Is_Bad_for_Your_Brain.aspx "Nerd Rage is Bad For Your Health"]]

->"''Being 'messed up' is not a theme. Darkness is not a narrative. Violence on its own is not mature...[[TooBleakStoppedCaring A world without joy and humor isn’t a compelling world to fight for.]]''"

-->-- ''Series/StudioC'', "The Hard Life of a Penguin"

-->-- '''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions''', ''Trope Talk: Post Apocalypses''

->'''Fate:''' Something you did. You went back. You didn't stand a chance, but you went back. [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity Til then, I thought it was only the forces of evil that wouldn't give up. I was wrong.]]

-->--'''Madoka Kaname''', ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''

-->--'''Eikichi Onizuka''' to '''Urumi Kanzaki''', ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''

-->--''Film/InheritTheWind''

->'''Henri Ducard:''' Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.
->'''Bruce Wayne:''' That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.

->''"Some people look out on the sea''
->''And see a brand new day''
->''Their spirit lifts them high above the blue''
->''Yet, some others wear an anchor''
->''And they sink in seconds flat"''

-->--- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]"

-->--''{{Series/Scrubs}}'', "My Common Enemy"

-> ''“Do not be a clockwork orange.\\

That’s what human freedom means.”''

->"Then why?" said [[ArcVillain Sabbath]], genuinely puzzled. "You're not stupid about these matters. You're not starry-eyed, or basically impractical. You can see what reality is. Why don't you accept it?"
->The Doctor was sitting back in his chair, his clasped hands resting against his chest. "Because I prefer not to."
->"I beg your pardon?"
->"Because I don't, won't accept. I don't approve. Injustice is the rule, but I want justice. Suffering is the rule, but I want to end it. Despair accords with reality, but I insist on hope. I don't accept it ''because it is unacceptable''. I say ''no.''"
-->--'''Lloyd Rose''', ''[[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures Camera Obscura]]''

-->--'''Music/LouisArmstrong''', [[PatrickStewartSpeech spoken-word preface]] to his obscure ''second'' recording of "What a Wonderful World"

->I wanna dedicate this area to some personal friends of mine - [[MadScientist the Sons and Daughters of Ether]]. Oh, sure, some of you probably dismiss them because they seem silly: while most of us stay wrapped in some Gothic pity-party, the Etherites fly around in [[CoolAirship impossible ships]], strap themselves into Victorian [[MagiTek wonder machines]], smoke silly pipes and generally make a mockery of all that is sullen and serious.
->That's why I like them so much.
->There's nothing quite as subversive as the refusal of cynicism. When everyone around you is dressed in black and dripping hostility, what could be more subversive than to dress in bright, bold colours and run headlong with almost suicidally-optimistic abandon? The Ether Folks have this wonderfully skewed vision - one part [[RaygunGothic future]], two parts [[SteamPunk past]] and one part [[CrazyIsCool totally demented]] - that I have no choice but to admire. Anyone who can make a toaster grow wings, fly, and play Beethoven's Fifth is a man or woman worth respecting.
-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Technomancer's Toolbox''

->''"But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in''
->''It can't be any worse than how it's been''
->''And it just so happens that we just might win''
->''So whatever happens, let's begin!"''

->'''Davey:''' "Tell me how quitting does Crutchie any good?".
->'''Jack:''' "Dszahdh..."
->'''Davey:''' "Exactly!".

->'''[[TheIdealist Lloyd]]:''' I want a world where everyone can have a normal life. I’m tired of people having to become sacrifices. I’m tired of discrimination. I’m tired of people becoming victims. I’m tired of it all.\\
'''Tiga:''' You are an idealist. The worlds of Tethe’alla and Sylvarant flourish only by victimizing the others. So long as that structure remains the same, anything you say is mere sophistry.\\

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-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-zygon-invocation/ Jack Graham]]'''

It’s a small thing... But it’s significant -- a spiritual escape act. Instead of bending towards Thatcherite hell the universe now takes a last minute swerve into rebirth."''

->''"Um, no.''

->''It just means that among your bag of intellectual tools for writing and logic all you own are hammers and feel that you deserve as much acclaim for your efforts as someone who has taken the time to learn the full breadth of what all aspects of writing can achieve.''

->''There's a reason why [[Creator/AndrewDiceClay andrew Dice Clay]] [sic] had a short but booming career; he was a tone-deaf asshole.''

->''And there's a reason why his career ended; he was a tone-deaf asshole.''

->''There's a reason why Creator/RobinWilliams had a long and prestigious career in multiple media's and left a vacuum in the fields he worked in; he wasn't a tone-deaf asshole. He could write, he could act, he had a great sense of the human condition that spanned generations and could put it all together in one place."''
-->-- '''Website/{{Fark}}''', [[http://www.fark.com/comments/9253262/104240806#c104240806 rebutting the claim "If you're not offending someone you're doing it wrong."]]

-->--[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Atop The Fourth Wall: The Movie]]

->Idiocy usually comes from lack of data or experience. She still doesn't have enough. She hadn't addressed that core issue, so she's still an idiot. (…) She keeps losing and losing and losing. She did not handle *any* of her original goals. A [[JerkassFacade persona]] was not an answer.

-->-- Innuendo Studios, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shSLPcp4C18 CO-VIDs: the 90's neoliberal fantasia as experienced by daria morgendorffer, millennial]]''

->What’s wrong with a lullaby? What’s wrong with happy endings? Are they really all unrealistic or does it depend on the amount of hope in your heart? Your philosophy on life?

-->--'''Frank Crane'''

-->--'''Creator/BertrandRussell'''

-->--'''Creator/DrSeuss'''

-->--'''Greer Garson'''

-->--'''Creator/StephenColbert'''