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by pawelduda 911 days ago
> And if you want to be upvoted/agreed with a lot you should post a cynical view.

Disagree. It's easier to preach to broader audience by repeating what most agree with. Try going into random reddit submission and sort comments by controversial. Guarantee they will be full of cynicism and have scores oscillating around 0 at best.

Because of this I find cynicism more authentic. These people don't mind openly having an opinion that may not be liked by others. Personally these cynical takes challenge my view on something and help me see through tribalism and echo chambers I find myself in