The Cynicism Gauge

• What ?? Am I less cynic now that Mr Bush is reelected ?
  Not at all ! This is just a natural reaction. I was so upset and disgusted yesterday that my body now supplies my blood with tons of "dysneybulin", a hormon that introduces some naiveness in my thoughts. It saves my day.
• Almost every time I got bored since the web exists, I could find some sites to distract me. Today I fell like I owe them and the only way to pay my debt is by distracting you, dear reader. Let me try :
  • A short story about Lyon
  • The Circular Museum
• Still or even more bored ? Try these links :
  • Doorway to the abandonned hat site
  • A journey around the world, starting in Scandinavia.

• My current cynicism level is 6.5, that's two points more in three weeks ; 4.5 was a very low level in fact : it could not last long. A few months ago, I was almost at nine (yes, I lowered my moral standards a bit and saw what happened - I didn't dare to conclude anything from this experiment yet).
• You might be interested in what made my cynicism go up and down in the last few months ... well, this site is not a blog (perhaps it will be one day though - who knows ?).
• I'm still waiting suggestions or comments about the cynicism scale. As I've never been above nine, I had to guess what it felt to be such a cynic and I'm sure my guesses are biased for that reason (i.e. I couldn't avoid to put a judgement in).

(See the original gauge)

1. The world is perfect. Bush only want peace in the world. Chirac is honest.
2. The world is not perfect. But it's better every day, thanks to the many people of good will.
3. Uh oh, the struggle between good and bad is not as much easy as I used to think.
4. Will the world be better when I die ? I hope so ... I'll try to do my tiny part.
5. Okay, I really can't change the world. My new motto is "seize the day" (carpe diem). There's a lot of hapiness to live and to give.
6. My new motto didn't last long... The days are so boring...
7. Thanks to my new hobby (making fun of other people deaths), I'm happy again.
8. Will the world be better when I die ? Probably not.
9. My little experiment is very disturbing : if I lower my moral standards, life becomes more enjoyable...
10. When I started laughing about other people deaths, I didn't know I'd get bored within only two months.
11. Will the world be better when I die ? I do not care.
12. In fact, you can get incredible laugh with other people deaths : you just have to be the cause of it.
13. This is too easy ... I'm bored.
14. If I learned that I'd die tomorrow, I wouldn't care.
15. If I learned that the whole planet would disappear tomorrow, I still wouldn't care.
16. If I was the only survivor, guess what, I'd open a bottle of champagne.