You're in! You can exhale now. I created The Cynic's Sanctuary as an online refuge for people like us: disgruntled idealists, naysayers, skeptics, bitter romantics, class clowns -- enlightened misfits in all their infinite variety.
Though it's among the oldest surviving sites on the Web, The Cynic's Sanctuary is still a work in progress. Just shoot me an e-mail if you come up with any ideas that would add to its appeal as the world's favorte destination for thinking cynics.
I hope you'll enjoy your time here and come back whenever you're feeling cynical. You've found your tribe. Welcome home!
Rick Bayan
Founder/Webmaster/Cynic-in-Chief
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Finally, somebody who understands us!
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Take a Cynic's Sanctuary tour:
All About Cynicism. Get acquainted with the world's most misunderstood and unjustly maligned philosophy.
Are You a Cynic? Answer our 21 questions and see if you make the grade.
Cynic Hall of Fame. Illustrated gallery of the greatest cynical sages through the ages, with a few choices that might surprise you.
Message Board. Meet your fellow cynics, jump into the lively discussions and feel free to rant. You're among friends.
Positive Cynicism. It's not all sneering and snarkery, you know. Cynics can (and should) make a positive difference in the world.
Rick's Notebook. Read what your host has been thinking about life, death, civilization, baldness and other essential topics.
The Cynic's Dictionary. Sample my brilliant (and inexplicably out-of-print) contribution to world literature.
The Cynic's Shopping Annex. Yes! We have cynical books. And videos. And other absolute necessities for enlightened cynics.
Your Host: Rick Bayan. Everything you need to know about the former idealist who created this site.
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I used to have that exact same door mat. Only mine was positioned upside down. Permanently.
Posted by: Bill Oxman | February 14, 2013 at 03:45 PM
I could not resist commenting. Very well written!
Posted by: Carole | November 12, 2013 at 07:04 AM
I used to be a cynic, but then I hit my head against the pavement, & I'm all-right now!
Posted by: Arthur Orrity | September 29, 2014 at 04:17 AM
Hey Rick. Every now and then I pop in here to take a peek and am so gratified to see the site is still up. I score 21 on your questionnaire so I'll say no more. Whenever I feel the down about the way the sheeple are behaving I think of this site and am encouraged to know that I am not alone. The cynics life can be a hard one surrounded by the tree huggers, fairy people, laws-of-attraction freaks and MBA's. Seeing the world the way it is may not always be a joyful event, but it does avoid a great deal of disappointment and allows one to act when others are still wondering what just happened.
Posted by: muscadecipio | October 03, 2014 at 07:28 AM
With all the other "isms" around nowadays to take up people's time, cynicism can be said to be "well and truly dead", or, if not completely dead is, at least, partly defunct. In fact, the only thing to be said about it now is "cynicism is dead, long live cynicism." And that's really saying something about it.
Posted by: Archie Perriwinkle | November 30, 2014 at 12:01 PM
Tip Jar?
Shouldn't this site be *gleefully* soliciting commercial advertising?
-- FirstNameLast.
Posted by: vud | February 26, 2015 at 07:55 PM
america is dead and there is no way to save it.
the world is going to blow itself up because people know want an atomic war.
even better my generation-(AKA) generation X wont look up from there phones lang enuf to see what is happening.
It rilly is a brave knew world.
Posted by: Real Cinic | September 21, 2015 at 12:13 PM
Recent events have brought me back here. The stuff going on in the world, particularly in America right now, is pretty much confirmation of everything that we cynics have been saying for a long, long time. So I am back, to the only place that really makes any sense right now.
Posted by: Chris Jones | January 05, 2017 at 12:21 PM
@Chris Jones
That is why I am back here too. It sucks having your cynicism validated in such a horrible way. Oh well, at least I am home.
Posted by: revfitz | January 22, 2017 at 01:30 AM
Wonderful site. Thank you!!
Posted by: Matthew | February 03, 2017 at 07:26 AM